Legal Opinion

Childs v. Miller

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided April 23, 2013No. 12-6075PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Terry Lee Childs is a prisoner of the State of Oklahoma appearing pro se. He appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his civil rights case filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

I.Background

Mr. Childs is currently housed at the James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) in Helena, Oklahoma, but he was formerly housed at the Lawton Correctional Facility (LCF) in Lawton. Mr. Childs filed this civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting that defendants, who were all employees of LCF, violated state and federal law by…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  4. Skinner v. SwitzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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3Cited by106 opinions

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