Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Cleggett v. Pate
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 28, 1964No. 63 C 767PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, District Judge.
Plaintiff Robert Cleggett originally filed this action pro se under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendant Pate, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, had prevented his participation in the academic program offered at the prison and denied him the right to worship at the Episcopal services conducted there. In an amendment to the complaint filed for the plaintiff by court appointed counsel 1 it is further alleged that the plaintiff remains confined to the Segregation Unit as a direct result of the pendency of this suit and that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Hamilton v. Regents of the University of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Lawrence William Wright v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- LaReau v. MacDougallCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- James E. Sweet v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Director William D. LeekeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- McCray v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- French v. HeyneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
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