Murphy v. Lane

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1987-11-06

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PER CURIAM. Paul Murphy, a psychiatric inmate at Dixon Correctional Center, filed his fifth lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials in October 1986. In this case, he challenges the prison officials’ decision to transfer him to Logan Correctional Center, a prison allegedly unequipped to provide psychiatric care. The district court dismissed Murphy’s complaint sua spont…

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