Legal Opinion
Sylvester H. Peck v. Cliff Hoff, Deputy Warden, Classification Board
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1981No. 81-1646PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Per curiam
Sylvester H. Peck, an inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, filed a pro se, in forma pauperis section 1983 civil rights complaint in the district court alleging that defendant Clifford Hoff, Deputy Warden and member of the South Dakota State Penitentiary Classification Board, violated his rights under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses. The violations are alleged to have occurred because Peck was denied trustee status and work in the prison industry shops by defendant Hoff. The district court 1 entered orders: (1) dis missing the complaint pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(6)…
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