Legal Opinion
Maurice Sigler v. Vincent R. Lowrie
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1969No. 19212PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
The warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary appeals from an order enjoining him from taking a prisoner’s “pay” to reimburse the state for certain expenses. These costs were incurred when the state chartered a plane to return the prisoner from California to Nebraska after the latter had escaped from prison in 1963. The expenses amounted to $464.50. Upon return to Nebraska the prisoner pled guilty to an escape charge in Lancaster County District Court and was taxed $44.40 in court costs. In this action the federal district court treated the prisoner’s motion as one filed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Douglas Stiltner v. B. J. Rhay, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Ughbanks v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Robert Draper v. B. J. Rhay, as Superintendent of Washington State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Donnell Douglas v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Daniel Lee Vanskike v. Howard A. Peters, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Sims v. Parke Davis & Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1971
- Willie R. Manning v. A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Cumbey v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
- Miller v. CampbellDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2000
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