Legal Opinion
Robert Murdock v. Odie Washington
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 1999No. 98-2419PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Per curiam
On August 28, 1997, Robert Murdock, a state prisoner, filed a civil rights action under 42‘U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12102 et seq., against eight defendant prison officials associated with the Taylor-ville Correctional Center. Murdock alleged that the defendants violated the ADA and denied him due process by not allowing him to participate in the prison’s culinary arts program because he refused to submit to an HIV test. Further, Murdock claimed that the defendants violated his due process rights when they confiscated his property during a…
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