Legal Opinion
Mims v. Shapp
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 15, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-1101PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
GOURLEY, Senior District Judge.
This is a Civil Rights action in which jurisdiction is founded upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs are state penal inmates alleging various violations of their constitutional rights during their incarceration in the Behavioral Adjustment Unit (B.A.U.) of the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (S.C.I., Pgh.). The immediate matter before the Court is plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction.
The Court has afforded the parties a full and complete hearing and has considered the arguments of counsel.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Norman C. Gray, Jr. v. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Kenneth Graham v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Young v. QuinlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Cavey v. LevineDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1977
- Burton v. ShappDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Young, II v. QuinlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992