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Tunnell v. Office of Public Defender

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 23, 1984No. Civ. A. 81-2306PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

In 1981, plaintiff Jack G. Tunnell, proceeding pro se, filed this action against the Office of the Public Defender of Montgomery County, the Montgomery County Sheriff, and a correctional officer and the superintendent at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania, alleging various violations of plaintiff’s civil rights. In March 1982, this court approved and adopted a report and recommendation of United States Magistrate William F. Hall, Jr. and dismissed the claims against the Montgomery County Sheriff and the Office of…

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