Legal Opinion
Valley A. Plaisance, Sr., Plaintiff-Apellant v. C. Paul Phelps, Secretary, Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1988No. 87-3155PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Valley A. Plaisance, Sr., appeals a summary judgment dismissing his civil rights complaint against Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials. He argues, on appeal, that the district court erred in granting summary judgment and in failing to permit him to proceed to jury trial.
Appellant’s sole claim at the time when motions for summary judgment were before the district court was that under the Thirteenth Amendment state corrections officials cannot require a convicted inmate to perform any kind of assigned work while appeal of his…
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