Legal Opinion
Larry Bracey, Jr. v. Captain Herringa and Sergeant Gade
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 1972No. 72-1078PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the apparently novel question of whether a prisoner’s civil rights complaint is subject to a summary judgment dismissal based upon prison records consisting primarily of reports filed by defendant prison guards.
The plaintiff, Larry Bracey, Jr., brought an action pro se for damages and injunctive relief pursuant to 28 U. S.C. § 1343(3) and 42' U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that on July 28, 1971, while confined in the detention area of the segregation building at Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun, one of the defendants, prison guard Sergeant Gade, closed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Novak v. BetoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Hoffman v. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- United States v. Larry WareCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by40 opinions
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