Legal Opinion
W. Foster Sellers v. Gary L. Henman, L. Knowles, D. Featherston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 1994No. 93-1485PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Sellers, an inmate in a Texas state prison, brought this suit seven years ago against officials of the federal prison at Marion, Illinois, where he was then imprisoned, claiming they had violated his constitutional rights. Bivens v. Six Unknown, Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and dismissed the suit. Sellers’s appeal claims that he was not given a reasonable opportunity to submit affidavits in response to those the defendants had filed in support of their motion for summary…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by95 opinions
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