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Murcia v. County of Orange-185 F.Supp.2d 290 (SD NY 2002)

Case • 2002

have already heard a great deal of testimony on the issue. Plaintiff does not have to prove his case in order to amend his complaint, but based on what I have already heard out of Sheriff Bigger's own ...

State v. Taylor-100 Ohio St.3d 172, 797 N.E.2d 504 (Ohio 2003)

Case • 2003

to register. Essentially, the state inquires what purpose may be served by classifying some offenders as sexual predators but not requiring them to register. [33] ¶15. R.C. 2950.04(A)(1) requires ...

Dannenberg v. Valadez-338 F.3d 1070 (9th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

L.Ed.2d 40 (1983)). While it is the district court's responsibility to "make the assessment of what is a reasonable fee under the circumstances of the case," id. at 115, 113 S.Ct. 566 (quoting Blanchard ...

Freedom From Religion Foundation v. McCallum-324 F.3d 880 (7th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

ratings or, what are equivalent, recommendations would involve discretionary judgments possibly influenced by the religious preferences of the agency or public employees doing the rating or making ...

Jones-El v. Berge-374 F.3d 541 (7th Cir. 2004).

Case • 2004

(although much to our vexation, the defendants were not able to identify at oral argument what exact improvements or construction have thus far been completed), at a cost of about $250,000. [24] *fn2 ...

Watford v. Bruce-126 F.Supp.2d 425 (ED VA 2001)

Case • 2001

uses of force as distinct from categorizing injuries as severe, moderate or trivial. The Hudson Court did not specify what type or level of injury is necessary to state a viable claim. Moreover ...

Broussard v. Johnson-253 F.3d 874 (5th Cir. 2001)

Case • 2001

the identity of the informant or anything about the informant. Captain Hammers knew only what the warden had told him. The disciplinary hearing officer did not allow the inmates to question Hammers ...

Muhammad v. Close-124 S.Ct. 1303 (2004)

Case • 2004

. Muhammad stood up and faced him, and when the two were within a foot of one another, Close asked, "whats [sic] up," all the while "staring angerly [sic]." In the aftermath of the confrontation, Muhammad ...

Laube v. Campbell-255 F.Supp.2d 1301 (MD AL 2003)

Case • 2003

), and the plaintiffs cannot now get around this requirement by pretending that the December 2 order was not what it was: preliminary-injunctive relief. In the future, both the court and the parties will have to be more ...

Webb v. Ada Co.-195 F.3d 524 (9th Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

( 9th Cir. 1995). *fn1 Our ultimate review of the court's award is limited by the "considerable discretion" a district court enjoys in determining what attorney's fee is reasonable. Id. [27 ...

Whalem/Hunt v. Early-233 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2000)(en banc)

Case • 2000

, erroneous. [39] We cannot tell, however, on this record, precisely what the factual circumstances were regarding Whalem/Hunt's ability or inability to learn of the AEDPA's imposition of a one-year ...

Brown v. Croak-312 F.3d 109 (3rd Cir. 2002)

Case • 2002

may not raise failure to exhaust as the basis for a motion to dismiss in appropriate cases." Ray, 285 F.3d at 295 n.8. We do not reach the question of under what circumstances a defendant may carry its ...

McQuillion v. Duncan-342 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

that the evidence in the 1994 hearing pertained to the entirely historical question of what the Board had done in 1979; given that the same evidence as in 1994 would be before the Board on remand; and given that we ...

Smith v. Barry-112 S.Ct. 678 (1992)

Case • 1992

of what the rule requires." Torres, supra, at 316-317. This principle of liberal construction does not, however, excuse compliance with the rule. Rule 3's dictates are jurisdictional in nature ...

Star v. Gramley-815 F. Supp. 276 (CD IL 1993)

Case • 1993

of Corrections has set restrictions on what clothing inmates are allowed to possess in order "to minimize security risks." Gramley asserts that allowing an inmate to wear women's garments and makeup in an all-male ...

People Ex Rel. Hicks v. James-571 N.Y.S.2d 367 (NY 1991)

Case • 1991

the respondent's decision. To require exhaustion of administrative remedies in the instant case would be an exercise in futility. Moreover, and more importantly, it is for the courts to determine [***8] what ...

Jones v. Coughlin-45 F.3d 677 (2nd Cir. 1995)

Case • 1995

was an act in retaliation for his earlier complaint against Lavarnway. The determinations as to whether to credit such testimony and as to what inference to draw from the sequence of events is within ...

Bryan v. Duckworth-88 F.3d 431 (7th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

of Bryan's confinement, while substantially harsher than the normal conditions in his prison, were not substantially harsher than those in Indiana's most secure prison, she will then have to decide what ...

Tebbetts v. Whitson-956 P.2d 639 (Colo. CA, Div. I 1997)

Case • 1997

what items an inmate may possess. We agree with Tebbetts. Delta Correctional Center Operational Memorandum 850-6 sets forth guidelines concerning the volume and type of personal property that may ...

Hyde v. Small-123 F.3d 583 (7th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

, if $1 is the equivalent of losing, what about $140 or, as in this case, $500? We mention the intermediate figure because it was the amount of damages awarded by the district court in Simpson v. Sheahan ...