Robinson v. Benton

SETH, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Mashel Robinson, an Oklahoma state prisoner, commenced a pro se complaint in this civil rights action (42 U.S.C. § 1983) against the appellees, a physician and other officials at the state prison.

Appellant sought to proceed in forma pauperis, and his complaint was lodged with the clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He alleged that a disciplinary proceeding brought against him at the prison contravened the minimal “due process standards” mandated in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935. The…