Legal Opinion
Sisneros v. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1996No. Nos. 95-1914, 95-1955PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Arizona transferred inmate Alfonso Sisne-ros to the Iowa State Penitentiary (“ISP”) under the Interstate Corrections Compact *751(the “Compact”). After he filed numerous grievances and two lawsuits, Iowa sent Sisne-ros back to Arizona. In this § 1983 action against three high-ranking prison officials, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of Sisneros on his damage claim for retaliatory transfer, and summary judgment in favor of defendants on Sisneros’s challenge to ISP’s English-only rule for inmate correspondence. Both sides appeal. We reverse the damage award…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Olim v. WakinekonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Thornburgh v. AbbottSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by31 opinions
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