Legal Opinion
Williams v. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1993No. Nos. 91-3187, 91-3238 and 92-1837PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENBAUM, District Judge.
Robert Anthony Williams, a prisoner, brought this suit against prison officials1 at Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), claiming violations of his civil rights, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After trial, he was awarded money damages and injunctive relief arising from disciplinary reports he received while at the *714penitentiary and in connection with his transfer from ISP to the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
The defendants appeal the district court’s finding that three of four disciplinary reports, and the prison’s handling of Williams’s legal papers, violated his…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Howard Dean Rouse v. Dennis L. Benson David Crist Steve C. Hokonson Timothy LanzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Gary Hughes v. City of Cedar RapidsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
- Newell v. SauserCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Tighe v. WallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Michael Schneider Roisin Schneider, Individually and as Guardians of Slaine Schneider v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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