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In Re Gronquist.-950 P.2d 492 (Wa.Ct.App.Div. I 1997)

Case • 1997

to be punished for violating a rule never disclosed by prison authorities. But that is not what happened here. Gronquist was found guilty of violating section 657, a rule of which he was or should have been aware ...

Duarte v. State ex rel. Lewis-971 P.2d 214 (Ariz. App. Div. 2 1998)

Case • 1998

[s] what is done with the action after it is brought . . . ." Kenyon, 142 Ariz. at 83, 688 P.2d at 975. The setoff provision does not violate the anti-abrogation provisions because it preserves ...

Jennings v. Natrona County Detention Center-175 F.3d 775 (10th Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

offending defendant, but simply presents a series of disagreements over what medication he should receive and how often. A "`[d]elay in medical care can only constitute an Eighth Amendment violation ...

Bowen v. Crabtree-22 F.Supp.2d 1131 (D Or 1998)

Case • 1998

an opportunity to know what the law is and to conform their conduct accordingly; settled expectations should not be lightly disrupted." Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244, 265, 128 L. Ed. 2d 229, 114 S ...

Craig v. Eberly-164 F.3d 490 (10th Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

component requires that the alleged deprivation be "sufficiently serious." Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 298 (1991). Although what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment "must ...

Gonzales v. Wyatt-157 F.3d 1016 (5th Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

of all of Plaintiff's averments in this regard, however, what Plaintiff does not explain is his delay in bringing suit in the first instance, given that the actionable event took place on January 24, 1994 ...

United States v. Lucas-157 F.3d 998 (5th Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

supervisors; controlled inmates' freedom to move inside the jail, receive visits from friends and family, and take yard calls; determined what work inmates would do; and possessed wide-ranging power to punish ...

Pembroke v. Wood County, Texas-981 F.2d 225 (5th Cir. 1993)

Case • 1993

complained of by the plaintiff were remedied before the case came to trial they did not pose a continuing threat of harm to the class members. Further, based on what it characterized as "good attitudes ...

Crowder v. True-845 F.Supp 1250 (ND IL 1994)

Case • 1994

to determine whether a violation has occurred the analysis is two part: first, a determination must be made that a "protected liberty interest" exists; second, it is necessary to determine what process is due ...

Pool v. Missouri Dept. of Corrections-883 F.2d 640 (8th Cir. 1989)

Case • 1989

opinion whether it specifically considered the staffing patterns at HU-4 and, if so, what the pattern actually was at that time. The defendants do not, at this stage of the proceeding, dispute Pool's ...

Nitcher v. Cline-899 F.2d 1543 (8th Cir. 1990)

Case • 1990

the reasonableness of an x-ray search of a suspect at a border. The court first had to determine "what level of suspicion [was] required to justify" the search. Id. at 837. "[As] medical danger increases because ...

Brown v. Coughlin-965 F. Supp. 401 (WD NY 1997)

Case • 1997

(8th Cir. 1994). Knapp's and Curren's alleged threats were not specific about what sort of harm would be done to plaintiff, and were therefore too vague to constitute an Eighth Amendment violation. Cf ...

Edwards v. Balisok-116 S.Ct. 1564 (1996)

Case • 1995

imply the invalidity of the punishment imposed," ibid.; see ante, at 1587-1589. Balisok alleged other procedural defects, however, including the failure of prison official Edwards "to specify what ...

Swoboda v. Dubach-992 F.2d 286 (10th Cir. 1993)

Case • 1993

of summary judgment, including qualified immunity, and what appear to be contested issues of fact surrounding the excessive force claim. Additionally, the district court should reexamine Swoboda's state law ...

Bear v. Nix-977 F.2d 1291 (8th Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

an interpretation of the tenets of the Native American Religion. [30] Walker, at 3-5 (emphasis added). [31] These provisions set up what amounts to a two-step process. First, the inmate must establish ...

Oropallo v. Ackerman-856 F.Supp 35 (D NH 1994)

Case • 1994

for a writ of habeas corpus attacking what I believe to have been an unlawful conviction in State court leading to my being incarcerated. . . . 3. Most of the arguments and research used within the various ...

Edwards v. Balisok-117 S. Ct. 1584 (1997)

Case • 1997

Edwards "to specify what facts and evidence supported the finding of guilt." App. to Pet. for Cert. F-3 (District Court order); see Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U. S. 539, 564-565 (1974) (inmate subjected ...

Pletka v. Nix-943 F.2d 916 (8th Cir. 1991)

Case • 1991

, and relies only on its interpretation of the ICC for its conclusion that due process was not required for reinstatement of what it characterizes as a continuing sanction. As discussed above, we rejected ...

Handberry v. Thompson-92 F.Supp.2d 244 (SD NY 2000)

Case • 2000

a verdict in favor of that party. Formerly it was held that if there was what is called a scintilla of evidence in support of a case the judge was bound to leave it to the jury, but recent decisions of high ...

Jones v. Simek-193 F.3d 485 (7th Cir. 1999)

Case • 1999

attention on what and when the defendants knew about Jones's medical problems and how they responded to this knowledge. [13] As it pertains to the medical treatment claim, Jones offered the following ...