Legal Opinion
Charles E. Lockert v. Gordon H. Faulkner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 1988No. 86-2547PublishedCited by 313 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Charles Lockert sued various Indiana Department of Corrections officials alleging that they unconstitutionally denied his requests to marry. The district court found for the defendants and Lockert appeals. Because Lockert has waived the only argument he raises on appeal for reversing the district court, we affirm.
Lockert, convicted in Indiana of felony murder, has been serving a life sentence at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City since February, 1975. While working at the prison infirmary in 1979, Lockert met Patricia Samplawski, a nurse at the infirmary. Lockert…
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