Robert Wilkerson v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

Robert Wilkerson, a pro se petitioner and prisoner in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, challenges the conditions of his confinement pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A United States magistrate heard the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). After a hearing, the magistrate found that petitioner was not deprived of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States and entered a judgment in favor of the defendant, dismissing plaintiff’s suit with prejudice. The plaintiff appealed directly to this Court from the judgment of the magistrate.…