Legal Opinion
Harry Lee Wendt v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1988No. 87-2122PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Harry Lee Wendt appeals from a judgment dismissing his civil rights case, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, with prejudice as frivolous. Appellant sued Texas prison officials and other Texas officials. His basic complaint is that he was forced to work without pay while in prison in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment. We agree that his case obviously is frivolous, and we affirm.
Appellant Wendt and two other prisoners incarcerated in the Texas prison system, James L. Wooten and Danny Gene Mahn, brought suit against a long list of Texas prison officials and other Texas…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Selective Draft Law CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- James Piatt v. Ellis MacDougallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Hurtado v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Warren Jobson v. Frank R. Henne, Edward D. Stevenson, Murray Bergman and Michael SemchyshynCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Kevin Watson and Raymond Wayne Thrash v. Odom Graves, Darryl Jarreau, Marilyn Jarreau, and Abe RossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Williams v. HenaganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- Jackson v. Florida Dept. of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
- Samuel Lee Murray, III v. Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Valley A. Plaisance, Sr., Plaintiff-Apellant v. C. Paul Phelps, Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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