STEIGLER

v.

DELAWARE

Citator

Cited By

• Manning v. Lockhart, 623 F.2d 536 (8th Cir. 1980)
  …legation is not one of constitutional dimension. Characterized as a claim of unconstitutional deprivation of property or other fundamental right, the claim again warrants no relief. Sigler v. Lowrie, 404 F. 2d 659, 661 (8th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 395 U.S. 940, 89 S.Ct. 2010, 23 L.Ed.2d 456 (1969) (prisoner has no constitutional right to be paid for his prison labor and such compensation is by grace of the state). A closer issue on which we reach the merits is Manning’s allegation that he was beaten by W…
• Vanskike v. Peters, 974 F.2d 806 (7th Cir. 1992)
  …75 U.S. 915, 84 S.Ct. 214, 11 L.Ed.2d 153 (1963). Further, there is no Constitutional right to compensation for such work; compensation for prison labor is “by grace of the state.” Sigler v. Lowrie, 404 F. 2d 659, 661 (8th Cir.1968), cert. denied, 395 U.S. 940, 89 S.Ct. 2010, 23 L.Ed.2d 456 (1969). That there is no Constitutional right does not, however, foreclose the possibility of a statutory right to compensation. What is the “economic reality” of the relationship between the DOC and Van-skike? As n…
• State OF Mo. ex rel. Minnie E. T. Gore v. R. Dean Wochner, M.D., 620 F.2d 183 (8th Cir. 1980)
  …, cert. denied, 439 U.S. 912, 99 S.Ct. 282, 58 L.Ed.2d 258 (1978). Rights which derive solely from state law, however, cannot be the subject of a claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Sigler v. Lowrie, 404 F. 2d 659, 662 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 395 U.S. 940, 89 S.Ct. 2010, 23 L.Ed.2d 456 (1969). Only when a violation of state law results in an infringement of a federally protected right can a cause of action be said to exist. Boyer v. Wisconsin, 345 F.Supp. 564 (E.D.Wis.1972). See Screws v. United Stat…