Legal Opinion
Darrell Duane Kincaid v. Jack R. Duckworth, Warden, Indiana State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 1983No. 81-1070PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAST, Senior District Judge.
Darrell Duane Kincaid (Kincaid) appeals from a final judgment entered on December 15, 1980 by the District Court dismissing Kincaid’s pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We note jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
Authority of the Indiana Department of Correction (Department) Over Inmates’ Classifications of Security
On July 11, 1975, Kincaid was sentenced by an Indiana state court to life imprisonment under Indiana Code (I.C.) § 35-13-4-1(a) (repealed effective October 1, 1977), which…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Moody v. DaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Nevin Mawhinney v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Peter Preiser, Commissioner of Corrections, and Norris, LieutenantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Willie Williams, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Michael P. Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- In Re the Personal Restraint of DowellWashington Supreme Court · 1984
- Sulie v. DuckworthDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1984
- Campbell v. WilliamsonDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1992
- Brock v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
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