THIBODEAUX v. STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

No. 76-1740.

553 F.2d 558 (1977)

Floyd THIBODEAUX, Appellant, v. STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA et al., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Fuller, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellant.

Peter H. Lieberman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., for appellee; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and WEBSTER and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


GIBSON, Chief Judge.

Floyd Thibodeaux, an inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, contends in his pro se civil rights complaint that prison officials at the penitentiary abridged his constitutional rights by refusing to allow him to receive a magazine entitled "Mature". The sole issue on this appeal concerns the propriety of the District Court's summary dismissal of Thibodeaux's complaint.

In November, 1975...

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