Legal Opinion
Balawajder v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1998No. 97-20745PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Per curiam
Texas state prisoner Jeffrey Balawajder, # 520106, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as improvidently filed. He challenges the transfer of his case to the Southern District of Texas and argues that the district court abused its discretion by applying its policy of enforcing sanctions imposed by other Texas federal district courts. We AFFIRM.
Balawajder filed a 101-page pro se civil rights suit against twenty-one defendants alleging interference with his religious practices and denial of access to the courts. The complaint was originally filed in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Raymundo R. Mendoza v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Criminal JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- David Caldwell, Etc. And James C. Harvey v. Palmetto State Savings Bank of South Carolina, Etc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Christopher J. Murphy v. J.A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Murphy v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Balawajder v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by163 opinions
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- Johnson v. LewisDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2009
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