Legal Opinion

Emerson Thomas v. Marian Basham

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 2, 1991No. 90-2450WMPublishedCited by 163 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Emerson Thomas appeals from an order entered in the District Court 1 for the Western District of Missouri granting summary judgment in favor of Marian Basham. Thomas v. Basham, No. 88-4600-CV-C-5 (W.D.Mo. July 26, 1990) (order granting summary judgment). For the reasons discussed below, we dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

Thomas is an inmate at the Missouri State Penitentiary; Basham is the prison mailroom supervisor. A dispute arose between Thomas and Basham concerning certain prison mailroom regulations. On July 30, 1986, Thomas sent Basham a…

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