Legal Opinion
Kareem Abdul Jihaad A/K/A Mitchell X. Robinson, Jr., Cross v. Joseph O'brien, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1981No. 79-1104, 79-1105PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by a federal prison official from a judgment awarding damages to a prisoner in a Bivens 1 type action. The amended complaint contained a general charge of violations of the 1st, 5th, and 8th Amendments. For present purposes, the only claim of constitutional violation set forth with specificity in the amended complaint was the charge that the plaintiff was placed in disciplinary segregation for refusing to shave his beard, and that the order to shave infringed his right to the free exercise of religion and was contrary to a prison policy on inmate…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Cleavinger v. SaxnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Floyd Spruytte v. Richard Walters and Ronald SchinkCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Redding v. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Robert A. Borucki v. W. Michael Ryan, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Felix E. Capoeman v. Amos ReedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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