Legal Opinion

Gene Vontell Graham and Sidney Wilson v. Gene Satkoski, Charlie Wright

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 4, 1995No. 94-1867, 94-1103PublishedCited by 217 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Two prison inmates brought actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various prison officials. Both eases require this court to revisit an issue addressed in Sellers v. United States, 902 F.2d 598 (7th Cir.1990): the adequacy of the efforts of the United States Marshals Service to serve process on behalf of litigants proceeding in forma pauperis. Accordingly, we have consolidated the appeals for decision. For the reasons set forth in the following paragraphs, we affirm in part, vacate the judgments of the district court in part, and remand the cases for further proceedings…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. United States v. Salvatore Di Mucci, Robert Di Mucci and Anthony Di MucciCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. W. Foster Sellers v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by217 opinions

  1. Michael C. Antonelli v. Michael F. SheahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  2. Richardson v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  3. Sammie G. Byrd v. Michael P.W. StoneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  4. Vandiver v. MartinDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2004
  5. Robinson v. ClipseCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010

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