Legal Opinion
Kenneth Merritt v. G. Michael Broglin, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 1989No. 87-2884PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Kenneth Merritt, an inmate at Westville Correctional Center (WCC), brought suit in the district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that de fendant superintendent’s denial of Merritt’s request for leave to attend his step-father’s funeral violated his substantive and procedural due process rights. The district court granted summary judgment for defendant, and Merritt appeals.
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On July 5, 1984, prison officials informed Merritt that Robert Layne had died. Layne had married Merritt’s mother when Merritt was five years old, but was divorced from her…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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