Legal Opinion
Martin v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 2001No. 00-4254PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
During portions of 1997 and 1998, appellant Kirk Martin was detained on various traffic charges at the Huntington County (Indiana) Jail, which is overseen by Sheriff Rodney Jackson and Jail Commander Michael Eisenhauer. Martin claims that Jackson and Eisenhauer denied him access to the courts during his stay and then, when he protested this deprivation, retaliated by transferring him to a facility outside the county. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, and Martin appeals. We affirm.
Martin was arrested in August 1997 for several traffic offenses and detained…
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