Legal Opinion
Eason v. Thaler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1994No. 93-01765PublishedCited by 281 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Danny Ray Eason, pro se and in forma pauperis, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner civil rights complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). We vacate and remand.
Background
Eason, a prisoner of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, alleges that following a November 1992 riot he was subjected to “lockdown” without receiving due process, denied access to a law library and, in light of his religious dietary restrictions, deprived of adequate food for 25 days. 1 In dismissing the complaint as frivolous the district court concluded that security…
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3Cited by281 opinions
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