Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Wagner v. Ragen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1954No. 11129_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAIM, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Clyde Wagner, a prisoner in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois, filed this acton in the District Court against the defendant, Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, alleging that Ragen, as warden, had deprived the plaintiff of certain property without due process and had also deprived the plaintiff of certain rights in violation of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq.
The alleged actions of the defendant to which the plaintiff objected were the warden’s refusal to permit the plaintiff’ “to draw inventions and send them to the Federal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Stroud v. Swope, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- United States Ex Rel. Morris v. Radio Station Wenr. Morris v. United States District Court, Northern Dist. Of Illinois, Eastern DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Kelly v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
- Siegel v. RagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by28 opinions
- In Re FergusonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Pierce v. La ValleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- United States of America Ex Rel. George Atterbury v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Eaton v. BibbCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- Pearl v. DobbsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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