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Cruz v. Beto-405 U.S. 319, 92 S.Ct. 1079, 31 L.Ed.2d 263 (1972)

Case • 1972

distinctions as may survive analysis under the Equal Protection Clause. [ 405 U.S. Page 325] What petitioner's basic claim amounts to is that because prison facilities are provided for denominational ...

Gonzalez v. Cecil County, Maryland,-221 F. Supp 2d 611 (D. MD. 2002).

Case • 2002

[violated are] sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates [*617] that right[.]'" Solis v. Prince George's County, 153 F. Supp. 2d 793, 800 (D. Md. 2001 ...

United States v. Humphreys-148 F.Supp.2d 949 (D SD 2001)

Case • 2001

F. Supp. 1200, 1207-08 (D. Minn. 1997). At least one of those procedures, however, was not properly followed. From what can be determined from this limited record, it appears Defendant's lay advocate ...

Jackson v. Elrod-881 F.2d 441 (7th Cir. 1989)

Case • 1989

to him by inspecting or removing the hard covers. [36] In Kincaid, supra, the Seventh Circuit dealt with a somewhat different problem. The sheriff was more concerned with what inmates did ...

Tipton-Whittingham v. City of Los Angeles-316 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 2003).

Case • 2003

the defendants). [34] California's view of prevailing-party attorneys' fees in the wake of Buckhannon may also be affected by what appears to be a tradition of California courts to construe the attorneys ...

Wood v. Hancock Sheriff's Department-354 F.3d 57 (1st. Cir. 2003).

Case • 2003

begin our explanation of that conclusion with a brief review of the evidence of what occurred. [38] Appellant testified that he was subjected to examinations that met the district court's definition ...

Ruffin v. Fuller-125 F.Supp.2d 105 (D NJ 2000)

Case • 2000

" videocassette recorder. (Tr. pp. 292-94). As part of this procedure, Schmidt edited the tape using his "judgment" about what portions of the tape the correctional facility would need in the event ...

Ruffin v. Fuller-125 F.Supp.2d 105 (SD NY 2000)

Case • 2000

in a "regular" videocassette recorder. (Tr. pp. 292-94). As part of this procedure, Schmidt edited the tape using his "judgment" about what portions of the tape the correctional facility would need in the event ...

Ngo v. Woodford-403 F.3d 620 (9th Cir. 2005).

Case • 2005

a subsequent federal suit. See Pozo, 286 F.3d at 1024 ("Failure to do what the state requires bars, and does not just postpone, suit under § 1983."). To hold otherwise, according to the Seventh Circuit, would ...

Gibson v. State of New York-NY Court of Claims, UID #2004-010-011, Claim No. 104428

Case • 2004

in which he noted, "[t]he wall is missing tiles and this surface is what caused the cut to her right hand" (Ex. 35). When asked about the condition of the floor, he stated, "[j]ust damp floor, nothing ...

United States v. Antelope-395 F.3d 1128 (9th Cir. 2005).

Case • 2005

constitutional right"-and, in such a posture, the government's argument might well prevail. But here, where Antelope is on the defensive, Fifth Amendment case law offers him protection beyond what the Chavez ...

Farella v. Hockaday-304 F.Supp.2d 1076 (C.D. Ill. 2004).

Case • 2004

were accused of excessive force in the same incident. The court agrees with Plaintiff that the claims against both "involve[d] a common core of facts," that is, what happened in Plaintiff's cell ...

Bender v. Regier-385 F.3d 1133 (8th Cir. 2004).

Case • 2004

of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health noted the increase in HCV-infected inmates and asked Dr. Rost to develop a protocol that would determine, in Dr. Rost's words, "what the criteria should ...

Lawson v. Dallas County-286 F.3d 257 (5th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

applied to individual employees, this standard is an objective one; it considers not only what the policymaker actually knew, but what he should have known, given the facts and circumstances surrounding ...

Austin v. Johnson-328 F.3d 204 (5th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

violated constitutional rights, we ask whether "the contours of the constitutional right in question were sufficiently clear that a reasonable officer would understand that what he is doing violates ...

State v. Abd-Rahmaan-120 Wn. App, 284, 84 P.3d 944 (Wa. App. 2004)

Case • 2004

on and the reasons for revoking parole.' Morrissey, 408 U.S. at 489. The lack of a written statement is not fatal if the trial court indicates, on the record, what evidence it relied upon. Nelson, 103 Wn.2d at 767 ...

Medhipour v. Wise-65 P.3d 271 (Okla. 2003)

Case • 2003

the contract after his parole as his sentence had not been removed. [26] ¶9 The Court discussed at length the question of what rights are forfeited by a convicted felon who was sentenced to prison under ...

Hanrahan v. Doling-331 F.3d 93 (2nd Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

exposed to liability and that "for a constitutional right to be clearly established, its contours 'must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates ...

Peate v. McCann-294 F.3d 879 (7th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

. [13] What happened next is hotly disputed by the parties. What is clear is that McIntyre regained his laundry-bag weapon from McCann. The disagreement is over how he managed to do this. Some ...

Cortez v. County of Los Angeles-294 F.3d 1186 (9th Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

or issue. Id. at 786. By reviewing state law, we seek to ascertain to what degree the municipality has control over the official's performance of the particular function and, thus, whether the municipality ...