Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Neal v. Wolfe
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 7, 1972No. Civ. A. 40870PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MASTERSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff has brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 to recover $10,489 damages for violation of his constitutional right to due process of law by defendants, Clarence Wolfe, Deputy Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford and Clayton Ruth, Major of the Guards at Grater-ford. The issue before the court is whether or not plaintiff was afforded procedural due process by the prison authorities when he was subjected to institutional punishment. This case was tried before the court without a jury on March 29, 1972, and we have…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Grannis v. OrdeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by39 opinions
- McKinnon v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Rhem v. MalcolmDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Finney v. Arkansas Board of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- McKINNON v. PATTERSONCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Joel Meyers v. Noah Alldredge, Warden, United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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