SKINNER v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 05-1046.

430 F.3d 483 (2005)

James SKINNER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Michael CUNNINGHAM, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Sheehan, for appellant.

Nancy J. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Civil Bureau, with whom Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General, was on brief for appellees Michael J. Cunningham, Arthur Locke, John Kovacs, Timothy Kenney, Sean McLeod, Neil Smith, Scott Dodge and Raymond Guimond.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and DYK, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

James Skinner, currently serving a life sentence, appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment against him on two constitutional claims in his civil suit against prison authorities. We recite the facts in the light most favorable to Skinner, the nonmovant here. Landrau-Romero v. Banco Popular De Puerto Rico, 212 F.3d 607, 611 (1st Cir.2000).

Skinner, a Massachusetts inmate serving...

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