Legal Opinion
Thomas A. Munz v. Crispus C. Nix Ronald G. Welder Charles Harper Kyle Bowden David Babcock and Charles W. Lee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1990No. 89-1030PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
At issue on this appeal is whether a state prisoner may bring a section 1983 action in federal court to challenge a decision of prison officials prohibiting him from serving as a jailhouse lawyer without first exhausting state judicial relief under Offet v. Solem, 823 F.2d 1256 (8th Cir.1987). The district court held that exhaustion was required. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Thomas Munz is a prisoner at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), where he has functioned as a jailhouse lawyer. On April 20, 1988, he sent a letter to his brother, also an inmate at the same…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Paul D. Gibbs v. Robert J. Hopkins Pat LeavenworthCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Ricardo Carmichael v. Carl WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- James Blair-Bey v. Crispus C. Nix, Ronald Welder, Paul Twaddle, John Dewey Eugene FoehringCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Oscar Bean v. David Dormire Dan Kempker Earl Halderman Cecil Pettus John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Ricardo Carmichael v. Carl WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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