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Fifth Circuit: Wyoming Prisoner May Sue Texas Private Prison Officials
Loaded on May 15, 2011
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Classification,
Out of State Transfers,
Correctional Services Corp.,
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Locations:
Texas,
Wyoming.
On June 16, 2008, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Wyoming state prisoner housed at a privately-operated prison in Texas could sue private prison officials for retaliation and taking money from his trust account.
Roger D. Pfeil, a Wyoming prisoner incarcerated at the Bill …
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