Legal Opinion
Phillip Wallace v. Merle D. Robinson, Zenon Symanski, Michael O'leary, and Michael P. Lane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 26, 1990No. 88-1806PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge.
Illinois state prisoner Phillip Wallace appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of prison officials in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that his prison work transfer violated his due process rights. We affirm.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Phillip Wallace is an inmate of Stateville Correctional Center (“Stateville”) in Joliet, Illinois. He had worked for about twenty months at the prison tailor shop, earning $100/month, until he was terminated from that position on April 29, 1986. Wallace filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) in federal…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Phillip Wallace v. Merle Dean RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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