Legal Opinion
Siglar v. Hightower
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1997No. 96-11096PublishedCited by 515 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Lee Andrew Siglar, II, Texas prisoner # 96054477 (“Siglar”), filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Warden Elvis C. Hightower (“Hightower”)' and Corrections Officers Ejike S. Nwose (“Nwose”), James L. Alexander (“Alexander”) and Melissa Whitehead (“Whitehead”). The district court dismissed Siglar’s complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and Siglar appealed.
FACTS
Siglar alleged the following facts in his complaint, in response to the court’s questionnaire and in a Spears 1 hearing. Siglar was stopped in the hall of his…
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