Legal Opinion
West v. Rowe
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 23, 1978No. 77 C 3783PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILL, District Judge.
This action is brought pro se and in forma pauperis by David West, a former inmate of Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, Illinois, alleging violations of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by several employees of the Illinois Correctional System and the Stateville prison. 1 Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343. Two of the defendants, Charles Rowe, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and Captain Shiefflet, a guard at Stateville, have moved for dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Alonzo Bonner v. Joseph CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Robert M. Layne v. Douglas Vinzant, Frank Hall and Charles Gaughan, Robert M. Layne v. Douglas VinzantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Ramon Rondon Pinto v. Carlos Jimenez Nettleship, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Elliott v. Cheshire CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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