Legal Opinion
Munson v. Gaetz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 2012No. 11-1532PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
James Munson, an Illinois Department of Corrections prisoner serving a life sentence, alleged in a pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint that prison officials violated his constitutional rights by barring him from personally possessing two of the six books he had shipped to the prison. The district court found that Munson failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. We affirm.
I. Background
We accept as true Munson’s allegations given that the district court dismissed his complaint for failure to state a claim. See Smith v. Peters, 631 F.3d 418, 419 (7th…
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