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SAPANAJIN v. GUNTER

Nos. 87-2306, 87-2404.

857 F.2d 463 (1988)

Tatanka SAPANAJIN, Appellee, v. Frank GUNTER, Appellant. Tatanka SAPANAJIN, Appellant, v. Frank GUNTER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Moeller, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Dana V. Baker, Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This case has its origins in a 1974 consent decree entered into between the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and a group of Native American inmates. That decree provided that prison officials would make available to Native American inmates certain religious, cultural, and educational services. Tatanka SapaNajin, one of the original litigants, brought this suit in 1986 alleging that the consent decree was being violated, and, apart...

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