Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Sigler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1971No. Nos. 71-1047, 71-1048PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
These two appeals from orders entered by the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska were submitted without argument and have been considered together. We affirm.
Appellants, William Sawyer and Carl Becker, are both inmates of the Nebraska State Penitentiary at Lincoln, Nebraska. In early 1970 they filed separate petitions in the District Court alleging that they, as inmates, were being deprived by State authority and under color of State law of rights protected by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Jurisdiction was invoked on the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Burns v. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Donald A. Cates v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, United States Medical Center for Federal PrisonersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Alan Daniel Wilwording v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Donald L. Beishir v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Kenneth Mills v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Laaman v. HelgemoeDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1977
- Nicholas A. Palmigiano v. Joseph BaxterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Roger Knell v. Peter B. BensingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Costello v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1975
- Roach v. KligmanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
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