Legal Opinion
George Tolbert, Jr. v. Warden Bragan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 24, 1971No. 71-2537PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
George Tolbert, Jr., appeals from the district court’s denial of leave to file his Civil Rights 1 complaint in forma paw-peris without requiring any responsive pleading of the defendants. We reverse and remand.
Tolbert is presently serving a sentence in a federal prison. He alleges that he was taken from there to the Jefferson County, Alabama, jail on a writ of ha-beas corpus ad prosequendum to answer state criminal charges against him. After disposition of these charges and while awaiting transportation back to federal prison, Tolbert alleges that five jailers beat him severely about the head…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Charles Allison v. California Adult AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Wiltsie v. California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Curtis Collum, Cross-Appellee v. Frank A. Butler, James Hand, and James Wooten, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
3Cited by33 opinions
- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Gilmere v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Alan Kimbrough McFadden v. Eddie LucasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Mrs. Jimmie Lue Williams v. Douglas E. Kelley and Floyd Carlton McIntyreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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