Legal Opinion
Rimka v. Fayette County Bd. of Com'rs, Lexington, Ky.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided July 19, 1973No. 2540PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
SWINFORD, District Judge:
Edward D. Rimka, currently serving a twenty-five year sentence for bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113, seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this Civil Rights action for damages against various Fayette County Jail officials for deprivations allegedly suffered during his confinement on federal charges.
The complaint recites numerous misdeeds and omissions committed by or with the consent of the defendants, including: maintenance of substandard living conditions; psychological oppression resulting in part from inadequate supervision of prisoners; denial of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Paul X. Duhart v. Norman A. Carlson, Director of Prisons, John N. Mitchell, as Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Norcott Corby v. J. P. Conboy, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- James Morris Fletcher v. James HookCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Jones v. AultDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1974
- Yates v. WellmanDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1974