Legal Opinion

Bobby Maxwell (Ahmid Latfee Jamal Ali) v. Thomas K. Mason

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 23, 1981No. 81-1033PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN W. OLIVER, Senior District Judge.

I

Bobby Lee Maxwell, an inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the district court against Warden Robert F. Parratt, Deputy Warden Thomas K. Mason, Correctional Lieutenant Jerry Wright, and other employees of the penitentiary. 1 The case was tried to the court without a jury. Defendants Mason and Wright appeal the district court’s 2 judgment against them which awarded plaintiff $1,400.00 in compensatory damages. 3 We affirm.

The district court dictated its findings and conclusions in the record at the close…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Procunier v. NavaretteSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Townsend v. FuchsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  2. Nathan Gillis v. Jon E. Litscher, Gerald A. Berge, Warden, Bradley HompeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  3. David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  4. Johnson v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  5. United States v. Gregory B. Bloomfield, Also Known as Earl Marcum JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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