Legal Opinion
Arthur Nickens v. Jimmy Melton, Correctional Officer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1994No. 93-7356PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Arthur Nickens (Nick-ens), a prisoner in a Mississippi correctional facility, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as frivolous, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Nickens alleges that Mississippi does not provide adequate post-deprivation relief to prisoners suing in forma pauperis. We affirm.
Facts and Proceedings Below
In his pro se complaint, Nickens alleges that on July 11, 1991,1 defendant-appellee, Mississippi prison guard Jimmy Melton (Melton), searched Nickens’ cell during a “shakedown” at the Parehman…
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