Legal Opinion
Chester Patterson v. Barry Mintzes
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1983No. 81-1364PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
This pro se § 1983 action was initiated by Chester Patterson (Patterson) against defendants Barry Mintzes (Mintzes), William Grant (Grant) and Mark Smith (Smith), respectively the Warden, Deputy Warden and Prison Counselor of the State Prison of Southern Michigan (SPSM), for declaratory and compensatory redress to recompense averred deprivations of plaintiff’s First Amendment right of access to the courts and Eighth Amendment guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment. Patterson appealed from the April 30, 1981 judgment of the United States District Court for the…
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