Legal Opinion

Okoro v. Scibana

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 1, 2003No. 02-1439PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Ralphael Okoro, proceeding pro se, appeals a district court judgment dismissing his civil rights complaints filed pursuant to the doctrine announced in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), as well as 42 U.S.C. §§ 1985 and 1986. This 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. RApp. P. 34(a).

Seeking monetary and equitable relief, Okoro sued the former warden (Scibana)…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. Federal Deposit Insurance v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Clarence Erwin Copeland v. Mark MacHulis James StephensCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by76 opinions

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