Legal Opinion
Poe v. Werner
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 2, 1974No. Civ. 74-53PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
SHERIDAN, Chief District Judge.
Plaintiff, Raymond Edwin Poe, presently an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983-1985, seeking injunctive relief against the defendants, Stewart Werner, Commissioner of the Bureau of Corrections of Pennsylvania and Glen R. Jeffes, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Dallas. Federal jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U. S.C.A. § 1343. Specifically, plaintiff requests the court to enjoin the enforcement of the hair length…
2Cases cited55 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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