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Vazquez v. Carver-18 F.Supp. 2d 503 (ED PA 1998)

Case • 1998

complained about the conditions at New LCP. The court asked Plaintiffs' counsel what action, if any, they had taken in response to Jones's letter. Although the monitoring period had expired by the time ...

Griffin-El v. MCI Telecommunications Corp.-835 F.Supp 1114 (ED MO 1993)

Case • 1993

not reflect what the state did with the funds once it received them. n2 For purposes of the motion then, the Court will assume, without deciding, that plaintiff is correct in asserting that the MDOC deposits ...

Russell v. Coughlin-774 F. Supp. 189 (SD NY 1991)

Case • 1991

-cell block and three confidential informants, LaBoy determined what had transpired and identified the assailants. One of the confidential informants disclosed the cell locations of the assailants and all ...

Perry v. McGinnis-209 F.3d 597 (6th Cir. 2000)

Case • 2000

. 1986). In Marohnic, a case in which this Court examined what constitutes a matter of public concern, the Court concluded that "[p]ublic interest is near its zenith when ensuring that public organizations ...

Nassim v. Warden, Maryland House of Correction-64 F.3d 951 (4th Cir. 1995)(en banc)

Case • 1995

) necessarily inform the meaning of each other. Remarkably, the operative language of what is now § 1915(d) is substantially the same as it was in 1892. Compare ch. 209, § 4, 27 Stat. 252 ("The court . . . may ...

Felker v. Turpin-116 S.Ct. 2333, 135 L.Ed.2d 827 (1996)

Case • 1995

provides that "the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended." The new restrictions on successive habeas petitions constitute a modified res judicata rule, a restraint on what is called ...

Pacheco v. Comisse-897 F. Supp. 671 (ND NY 1995)

Case • 1995

) wishes [sic]." Plaintiff claims that he then asked Mann what gave Mann these powers; Mann allegedly replied "he was the boss here." When plaintiff then threatened to file another grievance, Mann allegedly ...

Ralk v. Lincoln County-81 F.Supp.2d 1372 (SD GA 2000)

Case • 2000

that necessitates jury resolution. [**9] [*1375] Although what happened to Ralk's December 25, 1996 request and any subsequent requests is not clear from the record, Booker testified as to how she believes she ...

Sullivan v. Flannigan-8 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. 1993)

Case • 1993

in refusing medication--thus the question becomes whether those cases also established what "due process" was required to abridge this liberty. We must decide, in other words, whether Illinois' pre-Harper ...

Foote v. Spiegel-995 F. Supp. 1347 (D. Utah 1998)

Case • 1998

, defendant Williams enjoys qualified immunity for her actions. The framework for analyzing a claim of qualified immunity on a motion for summary judgment is as follows: first we must ask what was the clearly ...

Muhammed v. DiPaolo-138 F.Supp.2d 99 (D MA 2000)

Case • 2000

-Baranowski Correctional Center ("SBCC") maximum security prison in Shirley, Massachusetts. Muhammad's claims center around what he describes as a violation [**2] of his right to [*101] practice his Muslim ...

U.S. Department of Justice v. Julian-486 U.S. 1, 108 S.Ct. 1606, 100 L.Ed.2d 1606 (1988

Case • 1988

of information than is the possibility of the defendant revealing his recollection of what he read in the report prior to sentencing. [ 486 U.S. Page 17] "[Rule 32(c)(3)(E)] embodies the concern ...

Storms v. Coughlin-600 F.Supp. 1214 (1984).

Case • 1984

., at 769-770, which [**10] concerned Justice Brennan in Schmerber are plainly implicated when an inmate is forced to perform in the presence of a prison guard what is ordinarily regarded as a private bodily ...

Ford v. Wainright-752 F.2d 526 (11th Cir. 1985).

Case • 1988

. But in determining what procedural safeguards a State must provide, it makes all the difference in the world whether the United States Constitution places a substantive restriction on the State's power to take ...

Curry v. City of Syracuse-316 F.3d 324 (2nd Cir. 2003).

Case • 2003

a reasonable person would have known. What this means in practice is that whether an official protected by qualified immunity may be held personally liable for an allegedly unlawful official action generally ...

Smith v. Cochran-216 F.Supp.2d 1286 (ND OK 2002)

Case • 2002

provided Cochran with the required fair notice of what her claim was and the ground on which it rested. See id. Thus, the court finds Smith's pleadings sufficient in accordance with the Federal Rules. n4 ...

Lock v. Jenkins-641 F.2d 488 (7th Cir. 1981)

Case • 1981

violate due process upon making an unprovoked attack on a prisoner. It is not clear from the Lock opinion what provocation existed in each of the tear gas incidents to justify use of the gas on the pretrial ...

United States v. Amen-831 F.2d 373 (2nd Cir. 1987)

Case • 1987

objections," including the failure adequately to define a "continuing series of violations," or to explain what is meant by deriving "substantial income or resources." They observed that "the very severe ...

Dunn v. White-880 F.2d 1188 (10th Cir. 1989)

Case • 1989

of privacy always yield to what must be considered the paramount interest in institutional security. We believe that it is accepted by our society that "loss of freedom of choice and privacy are inherent ...

JCW Electronics v. Garza-176 S.W.3d 618 (Tex. App. Corpus Christi 2005)

Case • 2005

that can reasonably be inferred from what is specifically stated." Bliss, 368 S.W.2d at 599. "Mere formalities, minor defects and technical insufficiencies" will not invalidate a petition as to a cause ...