Legal Opinion
Floyd Robinson v. Thomas Page
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 1999No. 96-4239PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This appeal from the dismissal of the complaint in a prisoner’s civil rights case presents one nonfrivolous issue, concerning the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), which was enacted in 1996 and provides: “No Federal civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility, for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody without a prior showing of physical injury.” See, e.g., Zehner v. Trigg, 133 F.3d 459 (7th Cir.1997); Davis v. District of Columbia, 158 F.3d 1342 (D.C.Cir.1998). The plaintiff claims that there is lead in…
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