Charles Edward Hampton v. Ralph Mouser, Sheriff of Stoddard Cnty., Missouri, 701 F.2d 766 (8th Cir. 1983). · Go Syfert
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Charles Edward Hampton v. Ralph Mouser, Sheriff of Stoddard Cnty., Missouri, 701 F.2d 766 (8th Cir. 1983). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
4 citation events across 2 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Morton v. Becker (ca8, 1986-07-07)
Top citers, strongest first. 3 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "see" Morton v. Becker
8th Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See Hampton v. Mouser, 701 F.2d 766 , 767 n. 2 (8th Cir.1983) (per curiam) (summarily affirming district court's dismissal of section 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim where allegations failed to show that the defendant's conduct was the cause of plaintiff's injury). 9 The thrust of the district court's analysis was that Morton's complaint stated no more than a cause of action for defamation.
discussed Cited "see" Morton v. Becker
8th Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See Hampton v. Mouser, 701 F.2d 766 , 767 n. 2 (8th Cir.1983) (per curiam) (summarily affirming district court’s dismissal of section 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim where allegations failed to show that the defendant’s conduct was the cause of plaintiff’s injury).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." In Re Scott County Master Docket (2×)
D. Minnesota · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence medium
E.g., City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, — U.S. -, 105 S.Ct. 2427, 2439 , 85 L.Ed.2d 791 (1985) (Brennan, J., concurring); Herrera v. Valentine, 653 F.2d 1220, 1224 (8th Cir. 1981); see also Hampton v. Mouser, 701 F.2d 766, 767 (8th Cir.1983) (per curiam).
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Charles Edward HAMPTON, Appellant,
v.
Ralph MOUSER, Sheriff of Stoddard County, Missouri, Appellee
82-1936.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Mar 16, 1983.
701 F.2d 766
1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 29627
Donald Rhodes, Bloomfield, Mo., for ap-pellee.
Bright, Gibson, McMillian.
Cited by 3 opinions  |  Published
PER CURIAM.

Appellant Charles Edward Hampton, currently an inmate at the federal penitentiary in El Reno, Oklahoma, appeals pro se from the district court’s [1] dismissal of his section 1983 complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

Appellant alleges that Ralph Mouser, Sheriff of Stoddard County, Missouri, wrote a letter containing numerous false statements about him to the United States probation officer conducting a presentence investigation of appellant. This letter was included in the presentence report, and specifically mentioned by the trial judge at appellant’s sentencing hearing. Appellant contends that because of Sheriff Mouser’s letter, he received an unusually stiff sentence. Appellant further claims that the letter’s presence in his files has adversely affected his chances of parole and kept him out of prison programs and work details.

The district court dismissed the complaint because appellant failed to state any constitutional deprivation cognizable under section 1983. Moreover, appellant did not plead a sufficient connection between Sheriff Mouser’s act of writing the letter and the severity or terms of appellant’s confinement. [2]

[*768] We have reviewed the district court record and find no error of law or fact. Accordingly, we affirm on the basis of the district court’s well-reasoned opinion. See 8th Cir.R. 14.

1

. The Honorable H. Kenneth Wangelin, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

2

. 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp.III 1979) provides that the defendant must have subjected the plaintiff, or caused him to be subjected, to the deprivation of a constitutional right. Causation is thus an element of every section 1983 action. See, e.g., Arnold v. International Business Machines Corp., 637 F.2d 1350, 1355-56 (9th Cir.1981).