Legal Opinion
Hill v. Gentry
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 7, 1960PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff is an inmate of the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri, confined therein under sentences totaling twenty-three (23) years, dating from June 2, 1954. He here seeks to file a civil action which he has entitled, “Complaint for Criminal Gross Negligence and Wilful Negligence per se in forma pauperis under Section 1915, Title 28, U.S.C.” He premises jurisdiction of this Court over such a claim under Section 1332(a) (1), Title 28, U.S.C., on the grounds of diversity of citizenship and requisite jurisdictional amount; also on the existence of a…
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- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Angel v. BullingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Ohio River Contract Co. v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Green v. Department of CorrectionsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971
- Thompson v. BondDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1976
- James Francis Hill v. Correctional Officer GentryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960