Legal Opinion
Shane Kervin v. La Clair Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 29, 2015No. 14-2983PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Shane Kervin, an inmate of an Indiana prison, appeals the dismissal of his suit in which, invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he alleges that prison officials violated his constitutional rights because of his insisting on being allowed to see his lawyer, who had come to the prison to speak with him. He contends that he was placed in segregation as punishment for insisting on keeping his appointment with the lawyer and denied his right to due process of law when his attempts to seek redress through the prison’s grievance system for his wrongful punishment were thwarted by biased…
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