Roberts

Not unexpectedly to those having experience in the trial of criminal cases, persons convicted of crimes and in the custody of their jailers do not look upon the case of Monroe v. Pape (1961) 365 U.S. 167 , 81 S.Ct. 473 , 5 L.Ed.2d 492 , and numerous other cases 'decided by the Supreme Court concerning civil rights, as a pronouncement of principles for the redress of genuine grievances or wrongs, but rather as a blackjack to be used indiscriminately, maliciously, and at will to harass and annoy not only their jailers, but Judges, Jurors, witnesses and everyone having anything to do with their conviction. This is such a case.

The plaintiff in this case is imprisoned by the State of California for the crime of escape. He was arrested and tried in San Bernardino County, California.

The Judgment was affirmed on appeal by the Fourth District Court of Appeals [People v. Roberts, 213 Cal.App.2d 387 , 28 Cal.Rptr. 839 ]. Hearing was denied by the State Supreme Court, and cer-tiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court, 375 U.S. 909 , 84 S.Ct. 204 , 11 L.Ed.2d 149 .

Plaintiff’s action seeks $2,417,000 in “punitive” damages and $188,000 in actual damages, based on alleged…