Legal Opinion
Williams v. Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1997No. 96-31058PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Per curiam
Pro se plaintiff, Donald Williams, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, filed this § 1983 action against Cathy Robert, Dora Rabalais, G. Scott, and Sergeant Johnnie Jonnson. Williams alleged that in February 1996 the defendants confiscated a photograph of a female friend clad , in “bra an [sic] panties in a suggestive pose”, in violation of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed his claim as frivolous. Williams has moved for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in this appeal from the district court’s decision.
Williams filed his Notice Of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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3Cited by139 opinions
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