BECK v. LAFLEUR

No. 00-1983.

257 F.3d 764 (2001)

BECK, formerly known as David Wayne Vanderbeck, #154970, in and on behalf of all other inmates confined within the Minnesota Department of Corrections for the State of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Gothriel LAFLEUR, sued as Gothriel J. LaFleur, individually, and as the Commissioner of Corrections for the State of Minnesota (MnDOC); David Crist, individually, and as the Warden for the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater (MCF-STW); Dan Ferrise, individually, and as the Executive Director of Minnesota Correctional Industries (MinnCor), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Boyd, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

W. Karl Hansen, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, LAY, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Beck, a Minnesota state prisoner, appeals the district court's1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the prison-official defendants. He alleges defendants have unlawfully taken or deprived him and other inmates of their property, including money from their prison accounts and their prison wages, for their own personal gain. Upon the district court's initial screening of the allegations as required...

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