Legal Opinion
Sands v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided January 5, 1973No. Civ. 71-339PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION OF COURT
CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.
On May 12, 1971, plaintiff John A. Sands, an inmate incarcerated at the Florida State Prison 1 at Raiford, Florida, caused to be filed in the Clerk’s office of this Court a pro se, handwritten petition which he characterized and denominated as a “writ of habeas corpus for relief and full compensation”. The petition, however, was in effect a civil complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his civil rights. This Court on its own motion and in accordance with the pre-trial stipulation filed herein June 29, 1972, here…
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