Legal Opinion
Madyun v. Litscher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 30, 2002No. 02-1788PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Shaheed Taalib’Din Madyun, along with several other Wisconsin inmates, filed a putative class action challenging the state *260Department of Corrections’ parole procedures and prison transfer policies under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court screened the complaint, denied class certification, and dismissed for failure to state a claim. Madyun filed this pro se appeal1 and we affirm.
Madyun’s complaint is based upon a theory that Wisconsin government officials have attempted to over-crowd the state’s prisons and necessitate transfers to private facilities in order to increase the value of…
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- Minghao Lee v. William J. ClintonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- David Newlin v. David W. Helman, Jesse E. Robinson v. B. Smith, James C. Griffin v. William R. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Effie Mae Lewis v. Lenc-Smith Manufacturing Company, Now Known as Bally, L.S.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Jerry Montgomery v. Rondle Anderson, Warden, Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Madyun v. Frank, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 2003