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Klinger v. Nebraska Dept. of Correctional Services-902 F.Supp. 1036 (D NE 1995)

Case • 1995

) that "'the simple fact is that if the state denies a prisoner direct physical access to a law library, the state must provide that prisoner, no matter what his status, with assistance by trained, skilled ...

Hill v. Marshall-962 F.2d 1209 (6th Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

the individual defendants were in fact acting is what matters, not the capacity in which they were sued." Id. at 719. Rice is no longer good law, however, because the Supreme Court vacated the opinion. Rice v ...

Spear v. Sowders-33 F.3d 576 (6th Cir. 1994)

Case • 1994

: [22] The contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right. This is not to say that an official action ...

Bane v. VA DOC-110 F.Supp.2d 469 (WD VA 2000)

Case • 2000

. . . Congress does not enforce a constitutional right by changing what the right is. City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507, 519, 117 S. Ct. 2157, 2164, 138 L. Ed. 2d 624 (1997) (citation omitted). "In other ...

State v. Guilliams-90 P.3d. 785 (AZ 2004)

Case • 2004

. The parties have not cited us to any Arizona authority addressing whether, or to what extent, restitution is appropriate for economic loss caused by a prison escape, nor are we aware of any such authority ...

Barnes v. Gorman-122 S.Ct. 2097 (2002)

Case • 2002

). It is less clear what remedies are available in such a suit. In Franklin, supra, at 73, we recognized "the traditional presumption in favor of any appropriate relief for violation of a federal right," and held ...

Christina A. Ex. Rel. Jennifer A. v. Bloomberg-167 F.Supp.2d 1094 (D SD 2001)

Case • 2001

. The additional reduction in fees for unreasonable consultation is $ 5,101.50. 3. Failure to Identify Issues Some of time records kept by local counsel mention conferences between lawyers but do not indicate what ...

Gorman v. Easly-257 F.3d 738 (8th Cir. 2001).

Case • 2001

; 12133. The pertinent question, therefore, is what remedies Title VI permits. Unfortunately, Title VI expressly provides neither a private cause of action nor remedies for such an action. See 42 U.S.C ...

People v. Love-763 N.E.2d 829 (Ill.App.4 Dist. 2002).

Case • 2002

. 2d at 266, 362 N.E.2d at [**834] 305. The determinations whether to restrain a defendant and what restraints are most suitable are within the trial court's discretion, and a reviewing court ...

Bradshaw v. Duffy-104 Cal.App.3d 475 (Cal 4th App 1980).

Case • 1980

the relief goes beyond that evidence in ordering Duffy to put Bradshaw in honor camp. [26] What is more, there is no evidence establishing Bradshaw's present eligibility. There is only a statement ...

Wilson v. Kelley-294 F.Supp. 1005 (ND GA 1968)

Case • 1968

committed to the jail of the county of which he is sheriff, which record shall contain the name of the person committed, age, sex, and color, under what process committed, and from what court issued ...

Bledsoe v. United States-384 F.3d 1232 (10th Cir. 2004).

Case • 2004

was scheduled to expire in 1992, our reasoning in that case has broader application to prisoners scheduled for release after 1992. Id. at 291. We today confirm what has been assumed by the magistrate judge ...

Derby Industries Inc v. Chestnut Ridge Farm-202 F.Supp.2d 818 (ND IN 2002)

Case • 2002

demonstration at the request of an existing customer, Georgia Correctional Industries. During that demonstration, Chestnut performed what it terms as the "Michigan Rollup Test" ("MRT") on three different brands ...

United States v. State of Michigan-680 F.Supp. 270 (WD MI 1988)

Case • 1988

. Such a punishment would contravene the Eighth Amendment because it would be grossly disproportionate to the offense for which it is being imposed and because it would go beyond what is necessary to achieve ...

Davenport v. DeRobertis-844 F.2d 1310 (7th Cir. 1988)

Case • 1988

and mental health of inmates confined, as these inmates are, in what realistically is a form of solitary confinement. It is true that each cell contains a sink in which the inmate can wash himself as often ...

Berry v. Peterson-887 F.2d 635 (5th Cir. 1989)

Case • 1989

times about the settlement agreement, but he stated that he did not understand what the Covenant Not to Sue meant. According to James, he only really came to understand it after the new lawyers were ...

Cook v. Sheriff of Monroe County, Florida-402 F.3d 1092 (11th Cir. 2005).

Case • 2005

involved in the shooting, but rather Lewis challenges the City's policy decisions regarding what to include in the training of its police officers." Id. at 1266. The Court reasoned that "[a] city's decision ...

Crawford v. Jackson-323 F.3d 123 (D.C. Cir. 2003).

Case • 2003

. According to the complainant, Crawford had beaten her up. Thus, much of what the police report states with regard to what the complainant said is conceded as accurate by Crawford, who challenges only ...

Becker v. Montgomery-121 S.Ct. 1801 (2001)

Case • 2001

to pursuit of his appeal. While Appellate Rules 3 and 4 are indeed linked jurisdictional provisions, Rule 3(c)(1), which details what the notice of appeal must contain, does not include a signature requirement ...

Reickenbacker v. Foster-274 F.3d 974 (5th Cir. 2001)

Case • 2001

judgments after hearing testimony on the reasonableness and feasibility of these provisions. [25] In sum, the ADA represents Congress' considered efforts to remedy and prevent what it perceived ...