Nitcher v. Thompson

SHANGLER, Judge.

Rory D. Nitcher is a prisoner in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. He is serving a forty-five year sentence for aiding the escape of his former cellmate, Bill Herron, while Nitcher was on parole. State v. Nitcher, 744 S.W.2d 468 (Mo.App.1987); see Herron v. Whiteside, 782 S.W.2d 414, 415 (Mo.App. 1989) (for a summary of that event).

In 1987, Nitcher brought suit for damages against three prison employees for the negligent loss of his personal property. In 1988, the trial court dismissed the suit on the grounds that the Nitcher petition was frivolous or…