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Fitts v. Witkowski-920 F. Supp. 679 (DC SC 1996)

Case • 1996

to let him or her know what had happened, but Defendant Brown "hollered" back that he did not want to hear Plaintiff's complaint. Twenty minutes later, Defendants [**4] Brown and Vergis arrived ...

Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Rouse-129 F.3d 649 (1st Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

the congruence between the text of the statute and the legislature's easily discerned intent, we conclude that Congress meant precisely what it said - however deviant from ordinary usage that may be - when ...

Walker v. Gomez-370 F.3d 969 (9th Cir. 2004)

Case • 2004

"and the legitimate governmental interest put forward to justify" them. 482 U.S. at 89. We next inquire whether there are alternative means for the inmate to exercise his right, what impact accommodation ...

Johnson v. Martin-223 F.Supp.2d 820 (WD MI 2002)

Case • 2002

an additional claim that RLUIPA fails under the Spending Clause because Congress failed to provide guidance as to how agencies should obey the statute. Defendants' concern addresses what they consider ...

In the Matter of James Joseph Hamm-211 Ariz. 458; 123 P.3d 652 (AZ 2005)

Case • 2005

, is not irrelevant. Rather, this Court must determine what past bad acts reveal about an applicant's current character. [47] III. [48] ¶18 In compliance with Rule 36(a)4.E, the Committee conducted ...

Bunch v. King County Dept of Youth Services-155 Wash.2d 165, 116 P.3d 381 (Wash. 2005)

Case • 2005

) pending the outcome of the case.*fn3 [36] ISSUES [37] I. What is the appropriate level of deference an appellate court should afford to the trial court when deciding remittitur issues? [38 ...

Albers v. Whitley-546 F.Supp. 726 (D. Oregon 1982).

Case • 1982

a prisoner is not a necessary component of an eighth amendment claim under § 1983. Spain v. Procunier, 600 F.2d 189, 197 (9th Cir. 1979); Haygood v. Younger, 527 F. Supp. 808, 820 (E.D. Cal. 1981). What ...

Hughes v. Rowe-449 U.S. 5, 101 S.Ct. 173, 66 L.Ed.2d 163 (1980).

Case • 1980

as it affirmed the District Court's dismissal of the petitioner's complaint. He substantially agrees, however, with what is said in Part III of the Court's per curiam opinion, and for those reasons would reverse ...

Shelley v. Dugger-833 F.2d 1420 (11th Cir. 1987)

Case • 1987

segregation in a Florida institution, we stated: "Regardless of what the state chooses to call the confinement to which plaintiff was subjected, the fact remains that the state, through regulation ...

Ohio v. Luckett-761 N.E.2d 105 (Ohio App. 8 Dist. 2001)

Case • 2001

at the time of the trial, the appellee could have had the recovered secretion blood-typed to potentially rule him out as a suspect if he knew that he was not the perpetrator, but for what were presumably ...

Bradbury v. Wainwright-718 F.2d 1538 (11th Cir. 1983)

Case • 1983

to indicate the gravity of the problem.*fn9 [46] On the limited record before us, the Department has adduced what can only be described as an extremely weak security justification for the instant rule ...

City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik-485 U.S. 112, 108 S.Ct. 915, 99 L.Ed.2d 107 (1988)

Case • 1988

predecessor, Donald Spaid, promulgated what the city readily acknowledges was a binding policy regarding secondary employment;*fn8 although the CSC ultimately modified the sanctions respondent suffered ...

Thomas v. Ramos-130 F.3d 754 (7th Cir. 1997).

Case • 1997

. 1995) ("Wolfish emphasized what is the animating theme of the Court's prison jurisprudence for [**14] the last 20 years: the requirement that judges respect hard choices made by prison administrators ...

Cook v. Martin-148 Fed.Appx. 327 (6th Cir. 2005)

Case • 2005

the area and summoned the on-duty nurse, Samantha Gilbert, R.N., to assess Cook's health. [19] Inasmuch as Cook does not recall in detail what occurred after Bigcraft ordered the videotaping, he ...

Wolfe v. Horn-130 F.Supp.2d 648 (ED PA 2001)

Case • 2001

of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640, 97 L. Ed. 2d 523, 107 S. Ct. 3034 (1987 ...

Morales Feliciano v. Romero Barcelo-672 F.Supp. 627 (D PR 1987)

Case • 1987

and neither the plaintiff nor the court should be subjected to the unnecessary burden of reestablishing what has once been decided." System Federation No. 91 v. Wright, 364 U.S. 642, 647, 5 L. Ed. 2d 349, 81 S ...

Warsoldier v. Woodford-418 F.3d 989 (9th Cir. 2005)

Case • 2005

hair. [41] [2] Although RLUIPA does not define what constitutes a "substantial burden" on religious exercise, see 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-5, in the context of a land use suit brought under RLUIPA, we ...

Morrison v. Garraghty-239 F.3d 648 (4th Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

religion, but rather to practice what he terms "Native American Spirituality." [18] Because Morrison's professed religious beliefs are similar to Native American beliefs, Morrison also wishes ...

Cavalieri v. Shepard-321 F.3d 616 (7th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Id. at 202. Although the officer must have knowledge of the right, it is not necessary that a case be "on all fours" with this one ...

Grayson v. Mayview State Hospital-293 F.3d 103 (3rd Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

, 915 F.2d 845, 850 (3d Cir. 1990). Lacking any indication from Grayson's filings of what policy or custom he seeks to challenge under S 1983, we cannot say that the Jail had "fair notice of what ...