Legal Opinion
Ballard v. Carlson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1989No. 86-7112PublishedCited by 524 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Associate Justice:
Appellant Robert Ballard, formerly a federal prisoner, challenges the dismissal of his suit alleging due process violations by Bureau of Prisons officials and the staff of a Community Treatment Center where he served part of his sentence. We conclude that the district court properly dismissed the suit as to Community Program Manager Gene Finley, and that the court’s later dismissal of appellant’s suit for failure to follow a court order was within its discretion.
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A full statement of the facts is necessary. Appellant was convicted in 1978 in the United States…
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3Cited by524 opinions
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