Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
McFarland (Floyd) v. Turner (Melody), Warden
41 F.3d 1507
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1994-11-14
- Topic
- general
“[I]n order to state a claim under § 1982, one must allege intentional racial discrimination. [Plaintiffs] claim is meritless because he does not contend that the Township’s actions were motivated by race.” | “lower federal courts possess no power to sit in direct review of state court decisions[] . . . [and] the district court has no authority to order a state court to set aside its order[]”
Citator
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McFarland (Floyd)
v.
Turner (Melody), Warden
NO. 94-3723
United States Court of Appeals,
Sixth Circuit.
Nov 14, 1994
Appeal From: S.D.Ohio
1
AFFIRMED.