Legal Opinion
Irving v. Dormire
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 19, 2009No. 09-1157PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
William Irving, an inmate in the Missouri penal system, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Daniel Kempler, Nina Branson, Ed Rupple and Raina Martin, employees of the Jefferson City Correctional Center. 1 Irving claims that the defendants denied him access to his legal papers, causing his petition for habeas corpus to be untimely. The district court 2 granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We affirm.
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In 1998, Irving was convicted of first degree murder and armed criminal action. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Irving v. DormireCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Public Water Supply Dist. No. 3 of Laclede Cnty. v. City of Lebanon, Mo.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
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