Miller v. Swenson

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION ,fOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL

BECKER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, formerly a state convict confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary, in his complaint herein under the Federal Civil Rights Act, states that he was required by defendant, under threat of “starvation and punishment in the hole,” to perform in prison industry “a job that was known to be dangerous and hazerdous (sic) to any one”; and that as a result plaintiff “did suffer greatly” and “lost his thumb.” Plaintiff therefore asks $1,000,000 in actual damages and $1,000,000 in…