Ruark v. Tinsley

On or about April 5, 1965, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as Ruark, applied to the District Court of Fremont County for a writ of habeas corpus requesting removal from the State Penitentiary to the Fremont County Jail while preparing for and awaiting trial on four felony counts.

Ruark contended in his petition that his constitutional rights had been violated because, on the 15th day of January, 1965, the Warden of the penitentiary ordered him confined to an isolation cell without access to his law books, case law notes and typewriter. Prior to the time of his confinement to an…