MURRAY v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 89-8107 Summary Calendar.

911 F.2d 1167 (1990)

Samuel Lee MURRAY, III, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Lee Murray, III, pro se.

James F. Steel, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Today we are asked to decide whether an inmate may collect damages for violation of his constitutional and civil rights because he was compelled to work on private property without pay. We decline to create a private-property exception to our prior holdings that an inmate may be compelled to work without pay; therefore, we must conclude that compelling an inmate to work without pay on private property does not violate his constitutional or civil rights...

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