Legal Opinion
DeSouto v. Cooke
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided November 20, 1990No. 89-C-1356PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MYRON L. GORDON, Senior District Judge.
On October 30, 1989, Joseph DeSouto, currently incarcerated at Fox Lake Correctional Institution, filed this pro se action seeking redress under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court granted Mr. DeSouto’s request to proceed in forma pauperis, DeSouto v. Cooke, 726 F.Supp. 244 (E.D.Wis.1989), and the defendants responded with a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The court referred the matter to Magistrate Aaron Goodstein for recommendation, under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). Magistrate Good-stein…
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