Legal Opinion
Lopez House v. Scott Belford
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 1992No. 89-1173PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Lopez House appeals the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his pro se cause of action wherein he alleged that James Davidson and Irvin Robbins presented perjured testimony at a hearing on the state’s motion to dismiss House’s petition for post-conviction relief; House also appeals the entry of summary judgment in favor of Scott Belford on House’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim that Belford violated his constitutional right to have a hearing in open court while conspiring with Robbins to prevent House’s witnesses from attending the hearing on the state’s motion to dismiss…
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