Wion
This text of 189 Ct. Cl. 572 (Wion) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States Court of Claims primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Court of Claims jurisdiction; criminal penalty for embezzlement. — Plaintiff, an inmate at Leavenworth Penitentiary, Kansas, seeks to recover from the United States the sum of $488.40 plus interest ¡at 6% per annum and costs under 18 U.S.C. § 645, alleging that on March 20,1962, an attorney assigned to represent him obtained $1164.60 of plaintiff’s money and after trial and conviction, plaintiff was returned only $920.40 thereof. Upon consideration of the “Complaint for Conversion”, the court concludes that 18 U.S.C. § 645 imposes a criminal penalty for embezzlement and does not entitle plaintiff to recover damages against the United States. On October 31,1969, the court ordered the petition dismissed as not stating a claim within the jurisdiction of this court.
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189 Ct. Cl. 572, 1969 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 102, 1969 WL 2975, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/wion-cc-1969.