Legal Opinion
Carl J. Monroe v. Morris Thigpen, Leland Lambert
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1991No. 90-7019PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Carl J. Monroe appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of the defendants on Monroe’s claim to have erroneous prejudicial information expunged from his prison files.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
A. Background Facts
In 1970, Monroe pled guilty to the first-degree murder of Linda Ann Harden. Monroe v. State, 50 Ala.App. 302, 278 So.2d 751 (1973). Although Monroe was initially sentenced to death, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals amended Monroe’s sentence to life imprisonment in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Daniel Loconte v. Richard Dugger, Robert A. ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Frederick Robert Paine v. Ben L. Baker, Supervisor of Records, and the North Carolina Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- John Cook Thomas v. Sara Cousins SellersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by77 opinions
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- Sumner v. TuckerDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998
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