Legal Opinion
Cronn v. Buffington
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1998No. 96-40288PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Donald Lorrin Cronn appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants in this civil rights action based on the court’s conclusion that the Defendants were entitled to qualified immunity. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I
Donald Lorrin Cronn (“Cronn”) was sentenced in November of 1982 to seven years confinement and five years probation for conspiracy, wire fraud, and mail fraud, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1343 and 1341, respec tively. He began his prison term in August of 1984, and was paroled in December of 1984,…
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