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Maggert v. Hanks-131 F.3d 670 (7th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

does not strike us as a form of cruel and unusual punishment. It is not unusual; and we cannot see what is cruel about refusing a benefit to a person who could not have obtained the benefit if he had ...

Thomas v. Gomez-143 F.3d 1246 (9th Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

that what allegedly occurred during the shower incident is not material to determining whether they are entitled to qualified immunity. Nor do they contend that if Thomas' version of the facts is true ...

Sylvester v. Hanks-140 F.3d 713 (7th Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

. Koonce, 991 F.2d 693, 697 (11th Cir.1993). We further have reasoned that possession of what appears to be a gun during a robbery can play an integral part in the commission of the crime and evidences ...

Markham v. Clark-978 F.2d 993 (7th Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

that Markham had waived those claims, and dismissed his case. [12] There are two questions: whether a state prisoner is required to exhaust state administrative as well as judicial remedies, and what ...

Bressman v. Farrier-825 F.Supp 231 (ND Iowa 1993)

Case • 1993

specifically withholds ruling on the standard of proof question. R&R at 12. The third objection is correct, for what it's worth; Judge Jarvey did not discuss qualified immunity. [**4] It appears to this Court ...

Jenkins v. Morton-148 F.3d 257 (3rd Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

naturally are reluctant to apply section 1997e(a) to mean other than what it says: the prisoner must exhaust his "administrative remedies" as that term is conventionally understood, but need not exhaust state ...

Pate v. Steven-163 F.3d 437 (7th Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

on sufficient notice as to the issues Pate intended to raise on appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a). Pate's application did not need to repeat what was already sufficiently clear. Accordingly, it was improper ...

Miller v. Selsky-111 F.3d 7 (2nd Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

of a liberty interest. [28] These earlier post-Sandin decisions implied what we now state explicitly: Sandin did not create a per se blanket rule that disciplinary confinement may never implicate a liberty ...

Anderson v. Angelone-86 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

judgment by relying on materials outside the pleadings must always provide a pro se prisoner litigant the notice specified in Klingele, regardless of what the court calls its order dismissing the case ...

Bono v. Benov-197 F.3d 409 (9th Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

). See LaBounty, 137 F.3d at 73-74. Moreover, "[t]he contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v ...

Warren v. Keane-196 F.3d 330 (2nd Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

). See LaBounty, 137 F.3d at 73-74. Moreover, "[t]he contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v ...

Kincaid v. Department of Corrections-446 N.W.2d 604 (MI App. 1989)

Case • 1989

under the name or description given and that "[your] request does not describe the record sufficiently to enable us to determine what record you are seeking." Further, defendant's denial form suggested ...

Broadway v. Norris-193 F.3d 987 (8th Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

, they filed what they styled a "motion for reconsideration" on September 23, 1998. In this motion, they argued, among other things, that the District Court had erred in rejecting their qualified-immunity ...

Williams v. Board of Parole-828 P.2d 465 (OR. App. 1992)

Case • 1992

of reduction in prison terms and supports that argument by examples of what might be beneficial to inmates or Board. None of those possibilities changes the adverse consequences to petitioner. Board argues ...

Davidson v. Harris-30 F.3d 963 (8th Cir. 1994)

Case • 1994

not contend Davidson's motion does not "truly disclose what occurred in the district court" under Rule 10(e). Rather than moving to strike the motion or modify the record, the defendants did not dispute ...

Coades v. Jeffes-822 F. Supp. 1189 (ED PA 1993)

Case • 1993

a "short and plain statement of the claim that will give the defendant fair notice of what the plaintiff's claim is and the grounds upon which it rests." Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence ...

Beyerbach v. Sears-49 F.3d 1324 (8th Cir. 1995)

Case • 1995

. Civ. P. 56(e)). [20] To determine what facts are material, we look to the substantive law governing the dispute to identify the facts that are critical to the outcome. Id. at 272. Beyerbach ...

Wright v. Rebeiro-1993 U.S. App. Lexis 4323

Case • 1993

segregation unless they posed a threat to prison security, n2 Wright received what process was due after being confined to administrative segregation. Hewitt, 460 U.S. at 477. Wright concedes that the prison ...

Wade v. Kirkland-118 F.3d 667 (9th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

"inherently transitory"; whether the class claims are in fact "inherently transitory" is ultimately a decision for the district court, and we do not in any way suggest what result that court should reach ...

Doby v. Hickerson-120 F.3d 111 (8th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1987). In other words, "in the light of pre-existing law the unlawfulness must ...