Legal Opinion
Todd A. Lagerstrom v. Phil Kingston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 2006No. 06-1521PublishedCited by 295 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Wisconsin prisoner Todd Lagerstrom sued the defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they violated his constitutional rights by transferring him to a “Supermax” facility without due process and retaining him there as punishment for a fabricated disciplinary charge. Upon screening the complaint, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the district court dismissed all claims except the one relating to the initial transfer. Inexplicably, Lagerstrom elected not to pursue that claim, and so the district court dismissed the entire suit. Lagerstrom now challenges the dismissal of his…
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