Legal Opinion
John R. Malek v. Laurie Smith Camp, Bruce C. Kramer, Gene Hruza, Gary Grammer, Howard Ferguson, Neil Lindenbaum, Major Loock, and Sgt. Manske
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1987No. 86-1862PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This is a pro se appeal from a final decision of the District Court1 dismissing John R. Malek’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as frivolous. Malek argues, among other things, that his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process was violated because a prison disciplinary committee refused to hear any witnesses on his behalf at his hearing and the chairman of the disciplinary committee failed to recuse himself despite knowing that Malek had assisted another inmate in filing a suit against the committee chairman. Because Malek’s allegations, when accepted as true and viewed in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ponte v. RealSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Morton v. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Redding v. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Thomas W. Garland, Inc. v. The City of St. Louis and Manley Investment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Gwinn v. AwmillerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- Steven L. Eads v. Craig A. HanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Flittie v. SolemCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Shon Turner v. Paul Caspari, Mary Brundage, Ann Austermann Major J. Smith Janet SchneiderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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