Legal Opinion
James Richey v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden, Attica State Prison, and Paul D. McGinnis Commissioner of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 21, 1964No. 28155_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a suit under the federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 19(83, 28 U.S.C. § 1343, sought to be brought in forma pauperis by a prisoner of the State of New York against prison officials, charging such officials with having subjected the plaintiff to religious persecution and thereby having deprived him of rights secured to him under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The appeal is taken from a denial below of plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed with his suit in forma pauperis.
On November 3, 1961, appellant…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Prudence Securities Advisory GroupSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Bowman v. LoperenaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Walter J. Cobb, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Jerry LewisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Leroy Barnett v. Charles M. Rodgers, Superintendent, D. C. Jail, Carl H. Clark v. Charles M. Rodgers, Superintendent, D. C. JailCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Klim v. JonesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1970
- Young v. LaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Wayne Hudson v. Kenneth L. Hardy, United States, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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