Legal Opinion
Meis v. Gunter
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1990No. Nos. 88-2841, 89-1207PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Daniel Meis, while an inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary,1 brought this civil-rights action for money damages and injunctive relief, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the Director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and other prison officials. In his complaint, Meis claimed that his constitutional right to due process had been infringed because inmates are not allowed access to all administrative regulations, operational memoranda, and other documents that contain standards of conduct to which inmates must conform. The District Court determined…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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