SERIO v. MEMBERS OF LA. STATE BD. OF PARDONS

No. 86-3759.

821 F.2d 1112 (1987)

Ernest M. SERIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEMBERS OF LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF PARDONS, Howard Marsellus, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest M. Serio, pro se.

J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Serio, a state prisoner invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeks damages from members of the Louisiana State Board of Pardons in their individual and official capacities. Serio alleges that the Board denied him parole at least in substantial part because he had previously filed lawsuits against prison officials. In this manner, he contends, the Board violated his constitutional right to be free from retaliation for seeking access...

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