Legal Opinion
Darrell Jackson v. Warden Burl Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1989No. 87-3110PublishedCited by 314 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Darrell Jackson appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants’ and the subsequent dismissal of his civil rights suit against various prison officials and employees of the Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC). On appeal, Jackson raises various procedural challenges to the judgment and also challenges the district court’s granting of summary judgment on all of his substantive claims.
Factual Background
Darrell Jackson, formerly an inmate in the Louisiana state prison system, filed this pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on…
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