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.…
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- Deidre Davis v. Yolanda CarterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
- Richard L. Grennier v. Matthew J. FrankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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