GREEN v. BLACK

No. 84-1624.

755 F.2d 687 (1985)

Ross Lee GREEN, Appellant, v. Lee Roy BLACK, Jim Jones, Donald L. Wyrick and Marie Clark, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Lee Green, pro se.

George Cox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Ross Green appeals pro se from the district court's order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand to the district court.

In May, 1974, Green was convicted of forcible rape and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment, which he is presently serving in the Moberly Training Center for Men (Moberly). He alleges that he is being discriminated...

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