Legal Opinion
Mark v. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1993No. 92-1184PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Kim Mark, an Iowa State Penitentiary inmate kept in a cell house for disciplinary and security risk inmates, appeals the district court’s denial of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against several prison officials. We affirm.
While under the direction of Correctional Officer Robert Umthum, Correctional Officers Mason, Clostermery, Koson, and Hoffstatter confiscated Mark’s rosary with an attached hard plastic crucifix. The penitentiary’s inmate property policy prohibited inmates in Mark's cell house from possessing metal and hard plastic crucifixes because inmates could use the crucifixes to unlock…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Terry Wayne Sanders v. Clemco Industries, Ingersoll-Rand, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Ronald Gene Ouzts v. Sgt. D. Cummins E. Campbell, Co-I Warden W.H. Sargent, Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- South Dakota v. HazenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by28 opinions
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