Legal Opinion

Pettigrew v. Raemisch

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 3, 2008No. 08-1603PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*831ORDER

Wisconsin inmate Nathan Pettigrew sued Rick Raemisch1, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (“DOC”), and Alfonso Graham, Chairman of the Wisconsin Parole Commission, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 contending that Wisconsin state officials violated his due process rights when they labeled him a sex deviate and then denied him parole for not participating in sex-offender treatment. The district court screened his complaint, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, and dismissed it for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

For purposes here we accept as true the allegations in Pettigrew’s complaint.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Robert Westefer, Mark Vonperbandt, Allejandro Villazana v. Donald Snyder, Odie Washington, Michael v. NealCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  3. Deidre Davis v. Yolanda CarterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  4. Richard L. Grennier v. Matthew J. FrankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  5. Thompson v. VeachCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ajala, Mustafa-El v. Tegels, ElizabethDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2022

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