Legal Opinion

Robert Dale McKinney v. Gary Maynard, Director, Dept. Of Corrections Earl Allen, Warden, McLeod Corr. Center

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 23, 1991No. 89-7105PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Robert Dale McKinney, formerly an inmate at the Howard McLeod Correctional Center in Farris, Oklahoma, appeals the dismissal of his pro se complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Mr. McKinney, an adopted Sioux Indian, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of his First Amendment right to practice his Native American religion and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prohibit Oklahoma prison authorities from enforcing a prison grooming code against him; to require prison officials to return his medicine bag; and to permit the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Hall v. BellmonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
  5. Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Gallagher v. SheltonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
  2. McAlpine v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  3. Werner v. McCotterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  4. WERNER v. McCOTTERCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  5. Youngbear v. ThalackerDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2001

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