Legal Opinion
Robert G. Hart v. Kenneth Hairston Karl Thomas, Major Jimmy D. Craig
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 6, 2003No. 02-50902PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellant Robert G. Hart, Texas prisoner #769108, appeals from the district court’s order granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted. We granted Hart leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) after the district court had certified that his appeal was not taken in good faith.
Hart asserted that the defendants retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment right to file a grievance and to complain to a prison administrator about the alleged…
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