Kane v. Vodicka

Appellant, Michael Kane, while an inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, filed a petition against the appellees, prison officials and employees, seeking various orders, injunctive relief, and compensatory and punitive damages stemming from alleged unsanitary conditions at the penitentiary’s “big kitchen.” Following a telephonic hearing, the district court sustained the defendants’ demurrer and dismissed the petition. Kane’s assignment of error takes issue with the district court’s finding that his petition failed “to state a claim for which [it] has jurisdiction.” We reverse and remand…