PECK v. SOUTH DAKOTA PENITENTIARY EMPLOYEES

No. 13904.

332 N.W.2d 714 (1983)

Sylvester H. PECK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTH DAKOTA PENITENTIARY EMPLOYEES, et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvester H. Peck, pro se.

Richard Dale, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for defendants and appellees; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


WOLLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant's in forma pauperis action. We affirm.

Appellant, an inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, brought this action, pro se, against appellees, four penitentiary employees. In his complaint, appellant contends that his constitutional rights were violated because appellees removed electronics parts and other property from his cell and because penitentiary officials have failed to provide...

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