Legal Opinion
Kelsey v. Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1977No. 77-1532PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Dwight Kelsey appeals from the District Court’s grant of the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Kelsey brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleging that the defendants had denied him his constitutional rights under color of state law in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Kelsey is presently incarcerated in the Minnesota State Prison at Stillwater. This action arose from the manner in which Kelsey was considered for, and denied parole.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Leroy Thompson v. Parole Supervisor Burke, Pennsylvania Parole Board Member Jefferson, and Parole Agent StricklerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Robert J. Scarpa v. U. S. Board of Parole, Walter Dunbar, ChairmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by15 opinions
- John Houston Sellars v. Raymond K. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Forstmann v. CulpDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1987
- John Larry Ray v. Patricia Pickett, J. Alan MacDoniel U.S. Parole CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Green v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Kelsey v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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