Tyler v. Heywood

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On September 17, 1997, Billy Roy Tyler (appellant) filed an action in the district court for Lancaster County, naming as defendants various State officials (the defendants). Appellant was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. His handwritten claim asserts the following:

NeB Rev Stats [sic] 83-4114 says that 15 out of 45 days . . . respite is mandated but under practices Policies of Respondents (acting in concert and under color of state law) relator Has been Held continually in solitary confinement for 400 days or so. As complained of in 557-119 Relator Has Received…