Legal Opinion
Percival v. McGinnis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2001No. 99-2260PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Leon Percival appeals a district court order dismissing his civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a).
Percival and another prisoner, Anthony Garvins, sued the director of the Michigan Department of Corrections and a case manager at the Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility, alleging that the defendants violated their First Amendment, Eighth Amendment, and equal protection…
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