(DOWNLOAD) "Kincaid V. Kendall I. Vail" by United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Kincaid V. Kendall I. Vail
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 06, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. When Darrell Kincaid and Donald Sceifers, inmates at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, attempted to file a civil suit against Superintendent Jack R. Duckworth in the LaPorte Superior Court, the court clerks refused their filings, first on the ground that the fee they sent was not the required amount, and then on the ground that the suit belonged in the small claims court. Mr. Kincaid and Mr. Sceifers subsequently brought an action in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that, by refusing to file their complaint, the clerks had deprived them of their constitutional right of access to the courts. They named as defendant Kendall I. Vail, the Clerk of the LaPorte Circuit Court. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant, and we affirm.