Legal Opinion
Mortensbak v. Butler
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided February 24, 2015No. 3:13-CV-03026-RALPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ROBERTO A. LANGE, District Judge.
David Roger Mortensbak, an inmate in the South Dakota State Penitentiary, has filed a pro se civil rights lawsuit1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Nicholas Butler, Paul Smedsrud,2 Loren McManus, Andrew Siebenborn, Dan Thelen,3 Ryan Baker, Jeff Gillespie,4 Sam Clemens,5 Jon Lohr,' and Randy Sample (collectively, the Defendants). This Court screened the suit, allowed Mortensbak to proceed in forma pauperis, and directed service upon the Defendants. Doc. 7. This Court has denied Mortensbak’s…
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