Legal Opinion
Schafer v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1995No. 92-3555PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Per curiam
Allen L. Schafer, a Missouri inmate, appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action for failure to state a claim. We affirm, but modify the district court’s order to a dismissal without prejudice.
I
The relevant facts are undisputed. In 1980 the Missouri legislature enacted Mo.Rev.Stat. § 589.040.1 (1986) establishing the Missouri Sexual Offender Program (MOSOP) with its “ultimate goal [being] the prevention of future sexual assaults by the participants in such programs.” The 1980 statute further provided: “All persons imprisoned by the department of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Tony Best v. Sharon Pratt Kelly, MayorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Zane Brent Edgington v. Missouri Department of Corrections Mel Carnahan Robert Schoenen Donna Schriro Cranston Mitchell Julie IvesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- David Allen Sheldon v. Thomas E. Hundley Grabowski, Sued as Major Grabowski Charles HarperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Amaker v. WeinerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Amaker v. WeinerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Terry W. Miller v. Indiana Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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