RICHARDSON v. McDONNELL

No. 87-4877 Summary Calendar.

841 F.2d 120 (1988)

William C. RICHARDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles McDONNELL, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Richardson, pro se.

Edwin L. Blewer, Jr., Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, GARWOOD, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, a Louisiana state prisoner, filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that prison officials violated his constitutional right to access to the courts by intentionally or negligently destroying or losing his legal mail and then retaliating against him for filing a prison grievance by placing him in administrative segregation. The district court adopted the findings and recommendations of the magistrate and granted...

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