Legal Opinion
Sam Williams v. Dwight Browman Grant Harris Daniel Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1992No. 91-2249PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellant, Sam Williams, Jr. (“Williams”), appeals from the district court’s summary judgment dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner’s civil rights action. Williams alleges that his First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by officials 1 (“defendants”) at the Alger Maximum Correctional Facility (the “Alger Facility”). The defendants moved for dismissal of the claim pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. In the alternative, the defendants moved for summary judgment pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 56(b). The…
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