Legal Opinion
Mason v. Sargent
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1990No. 89-2362PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Tommie E. Mason, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals from an order of the district court1 dismissing his pro se civil rights complaint.
Mason sued prison official and guards pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he had been unfairly disciplined. In support of his claim, Mason stated that on December 8, 1987, Officer Bishop searched Mason’s locker box, found contraband pajamas allegedly made from altered bed linens and prison clothing, ignored inmate Walker’s statement that Walker had placed the items in Mason’s locker box, and charged Mason with four institutional rule…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jimmy Rudd v. W.H. Sargent, Warden Lt. J.R. Lindale and J.R. Duke, Disciplinary Court Chairman, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
3Cited by24 opinions
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- Shon Turner v. Paul Caspari, Mary Brundage, Ann Austermann Major J. Smith Janet SchneiderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Harms v. GodinezDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
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