Legal Opinion
Underwood v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1998No. 97-40536PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Per curiam
On October 8, 1996, Kevin Underwood, Texas prisoner # 579650, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various officials of the Michael Unit, alleging that the defendants assigned him to jobs which forced him to perform work beyond his physical capabilities and medical work restrictions. He sought monetary and injunctive relief.
Beginning on October 15, 1996, through March 18, 1997, the district court entered numerous orders continuing the case to allow Underwood to exhaust his administrative remedies. On March 31, 1997, the magistrate judge recommended that…
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