Legal Opinion
Lonnie Massey v. Quinton Smith, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 25, 1977No. 77-1065PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Lonnie A. Massey, an inmate at Cum-mins, appeals from the dismissal of his civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim.
On January 4, 1977, Massey filed a complaint styled “Petition for a criminal indictment against an agent of the F.B.I. * * under 1985(3) title 42 U.S.C.” The sole named defendant was Quinton Smith, an FBI agent. Massey alleged that Smith had conspired to subject him to cruel and unusual punishment. Specifically, Massey alleged that he wrote a letter to the Little Rock FBI office in December 1975 stating that he had been beaten and threatened by corrections officers…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v. Nelson A. RockefellerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Martin McNally v. The Pulitzer Publishing Company and Ted GestCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. John Scott AlarikCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Walter L. Kaylor, Freda Moore, and Juanita Rowe v. Ron FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Ledwith v. DouglasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- S. J. Groves & Sons Co. v. American Arbitration Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1978
- Hefti v. McGrathDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1992
- Carl Javan Ross v. WardenDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2026
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