Legal Opinion
Arthur Mitchell, Gregory Robertson, and William Birtha v. Michael Beaubouef
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1978No. 77-2656PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Arthur Mitchell, Gregory Robertson, and William Birtha, inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, filed a pro se complaint in the district court, alleging that they had been deprived of their constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970). The court below handled the complaint in conformance with a procedure devised to process prisoner civil rights claims and dismissed it on the merits. Because we find the court’s procedure as applied in this case to be deficient, we vacate the order of dismissal and remand the case for further proceedings.
The inmates’ complaint alleged that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- James A. Watson v. Dr. Allen L. Ault, William Purdue v. Dr. Allen L. Ault, Director, William A. Durham v. Oree ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Bobby Hardwick v. Dr. Allen Ault, Commissioner, State Board of Offender Rehabilitation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Donnelly v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Ray Thomas Woodall, Jr. v. Charles A. Foti, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Robert Procup v. C. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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