Legal Opinion
Frank Hanner, Jr. v. The State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1987No. 87-4105PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
On April 23, 1983, R.D. Hanner died while he was an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. On July 23, 1986, Frank Hanner, Jr., deceased’s brother and himself an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, filed this action under 42 U.S. C. § 1983 on behalf of himself and his mother, Dorothy M. Boyd, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of R.D. Hanner’s civil rights. 1 The district court ordered the action dismissed on the ground that under Gates v. Spinks, 771 F.2d 916 (5th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1065, 106 S.Ct. 1378, 89…
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3Cited by31 opinions
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