Legal Opinion

Clarke v. Stalder

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 9, 1997No. 96-30313PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

This civil rights case presents us with cross appeals from a final judgment entered by a magistrate judge after a bench trial. For the reasons assigned, we affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

I. Background

Charles Clarke is, and has been at all relevant times, an inmate in the Louisiana prison system. He is currently incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. The events which form the basis of this lawsuit began while he was imprisoned at the Work Training Facility at Pineville, commonly known as Camp Beauregard.

On August 16, 1992,…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Geiger v. JowersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  2. Freeman v. Texas Department of Criminal JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  3. Canell v. LightnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  4. Clarke v. StalderCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  5. Cleveland Brown v. Michael J. CrowleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003

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