Legal Opinion
John Doe v. John T. Wigginton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1994No. 93-5801PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff John Doe, proceeding pro se, appeals the magistrate judge’s dismissal, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for money damages and declaratory and injunctive relief. Doe was incarcerated in Kentucky until after the commencement of this case; defendants are officials and officers of the prisons at which Doe was incarcerated. Doe argues that his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by a Kentucky rule which makes at-request HIV testing available only to inmates who satisfy certain specified criteria. Doe…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by125 opinions
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- Louis David Johnson, Jr. v. Unknown Dellatifa (03-1497/1880) Unknown Carline (03-1506/1865) S. Powers (03-1555/1833) Dave Stasewish (03-1559/1835)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Doe v. SundquistTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- Arthur Cutshall, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Don Sundquist, Govenor of the State of Tennessee, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- John Doe v. Joan DelieCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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