Charles Pitts v. Captain L. T. Griffin and Sgt. Jerry Carter, Correctional Officers, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction

Charles PITTS, Appellant, v. Captain L. T. GRIFFIN and Sgt. Jerry Carter, Correctional Officers, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellees

Pitts v. L. T. Griffin & Sgt. Jerry Carter, Corr. Officers, Cummins Unit, Ark. Dep't of Corr., 518 F.2d 72 (8th Cir. 1975)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · U.S. Courts of Appeals
Decided: May 16, 1975
Docket: No. 75-1115
Judges: Gibson, Heaney, Per Curiam, Stephenson
Citations: 518 F.2d 721975 U.S. App. LEXIS 14657

Cited by 7 1 descriptions by later courts Original from court

Opinion — Per Curiam

PER CURIAM.

Charles Pitts, an inmate at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, brought suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking injunctive and compensatory relief for alleged violations of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . The gravamen of the complaint involved the confiscation of the appellant’s multi-frequency radio by prison authorities pursuant to a prison regulation limiting radio use to the AM frequency. The District Court dismissed the complaint as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (d). We affirm.

See Rhodes v. Sigler, 448 F.2d 1237, 1238 (8th Cir. 1971); Howard v. Swenson, 426 F.2d 277 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 948 , 91 S.Ct. 255 , 27 L.Ed.2d 254 (1970).

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(complaint against prison authorities for confiscation of multifrequency radio pursuant to prison regulations limiting radio use to AM frequency)

Crisafi v. Holland, 655 F.2d 1305 (D.C. Cir. 1981)

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Parratt v. Taylor451 U.S. 527 (1981)
Salvatore G. Crisafi v. George E. Holland655 F.2d 1305 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
Earl E. Nickens v. Carl White536 F.2d 802 (8th Cir. 1976)
Franklin v. State of Or.563 F. Supp. 1310 (D. Or. 1983)
Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead570 F. Supp. 603 (E.D.N.Y. 1983)
Sivak v. State721 P.2d 218 (Idaho Ct. App. 1986)

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Sivak v. State721 P.2d 218 (Idaho Ct. App. 1986)
Enright v. Board of School Directors of Milwaukee346 N.W.2d 771 (Wis. 1984)
Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead570 F. Supp. 603 (E.D.N.Y. 1983)
Franklin v. State of Or.563 F. Supp. 1310 (D. Or. 1983)
Salvatore G. Crisafi v. George E. Holland655 F.2d 1305 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
Parratt v. Taylor451 U.S. 527 (1981)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Howard v. Swenson, 426 F.2d 277 (8th Cir. 1970)	10
	Rhodes v. Sigler, 448 F.2d 1237 (8th Cir. 1971)	6

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