Sims v. Kernan

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.

Mario Sims, a prisoner confined at the Westville Correctional Facility, submitted a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mr. Sims also raises claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), 42 U.S.C. § 1986, and 42 U.S.C. § 2000. In addition to his federal claims, Mr. Sims invokes the pendent jurisdiction of this court and United Nations Resolution 1 (XXIV) of the subcommission on the prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities.

The court granted Mr. Sims’s request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b). Under…