Legal Opinion
Darrell Kincaid and Donald R. Sceifers v. Kendall I. Vail
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 1992No. 90-3510PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
When Darrell Kincaid and Donald Sceif-ers, inmates at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, attempted to file a civil suit against Superintendent Jack R. Duckworth in the LaPorte Superior Court, the court clerks refused their filings, first on the ground that the fee they sent was not the required amount, and then on the ground that the suit belonged in the small claims court. Mr. Kincaid and Mr. Sceifers subsequently brought an action in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that, by refusing to file their complaint, the clerks had deprived them of their…
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3Cited by216 opinions
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