Legal Opinion
Lusero v. Welt
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2007No. 06-1395PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
MICHAEL W. McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff Loren R. Lusero, a Colorado prisoner proceeding pro se, alleges that prison officials violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by placing him in administrative segregation after he informed them that another prisoner had threatened and attacked him. The district court dismissed the action, finding Mr. Lusero’s claims Iegaily frivolous. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
BACKGROUND
In August 2006, Mr. Lusero filed an amended complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983…
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