Legal Opinion
Donnie McElroy v. Gary Lopac
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 2005No. 03-3257PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
Pro se state prisoner Donnie McElroy sued several prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they falsely charged him with a disciplinary violation and fired him from his prison job in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. Screening the case under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim because, in the court’s view, McEl-roy did not “specify a specific event, chronology, or reason for retaliation.” We affirm, but for different reasons.
Accepting McElroy’s allegations as true, see DeWalt v. Carter, 224…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Thaddeus-X and Earnest Bell, Jr. v. BlatterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Anthony Dewalt v. Lamark Carter, Correctional Officer Young, Carol BiesterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Tony Walker v. Tommy G. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- James Carl Higgs v. William E. Carver and James M. WolfeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Ernest F. Albiero v. City of KankakeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Banks v. YorkDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
- Peters v. Woodbury CountyDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2013
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