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432 F.2d 1049

Docket No. 18127.

Wardrop v. Brierley

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted Sept. 21, 1970.

Decided Oct. 29, 1970.

Third Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1970-10-29

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1970

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on McConnell v. Rhay · Commonwealth v. Tinson

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1970-10-29

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¶1Mr. James C. Wardrop, pro se.

¶2Joseph Martin Gelman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa. (William C. Sennett, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

¶3Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and FREEDMAN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.

¶4OPINION OF THE COURT

¶5PER CURIAM.

¶6Appellant, James Wardrop, brought this civil action in forma pauperis in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, seeking money damages, declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief on the basis of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985,1986. The Honorable Wallace A. Gourley directed the complaint be filed, and at the same time dismissed it for failing to state a claim for which relief may be granted under the Civil Rights Act. Wardrop then appealed to this Court.

¶7Upon careful review of Wardrop’s complaint and brief, we conclude Chief Judge Gourley’s decision was correct. Appellant has made no allegations which would entitle him to relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1985, or 1986. Nor are we inclined to convert this complaint into a petition for habeas corpus within 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the ground that petitioner was denied the assistance of counsel at his parole revocation hearing. See Commonwealth v. Tinson, 433 Pa. 328, 249 A.2d 549 (1969), cf. McConnell v. Rhay, 393 U.S. 2, 89 S.Ct. 32, 21 L.Ed.2d 2 (1968). Since Wardrop has not made this claim in the state courts, we are precluded from considering it here.

¶8The order of the District Court will be affirmed.

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