Legal Opinion
Lamb v. Rizzo
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 9, 2004No. 03-3179PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
The state of Kansas incarcerated Thomas P. Lamb, pro se plaintiff in this libel action, over thirty years ago. He is serving three consecutive life sentences for two counts of first degree kidnapping and one count of first degree murder. In July 2001, defendant, newspaper reporter Tony Rizzo, wrote two articles about Mr. Lamb’s convictions and upcoming parole hearing. When Mr. Lamb’s request for parole was subsequently denied, he sued Mr. Rizzo in Kansas state court asserting, among other things, that Mr. Rizzo’s articles contained “lies and false information” which…
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