Legal Opinion
Robert Smith, Jr. v. Warden James Rose
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1985No. 83-5419PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from summary judgment in favor of all the defendants in this civil rights action. At the time he filed the complaint, plaintiff was serving a life sentence at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville. The defendants are the warden and several officers at the prison.
In addition to introductory material and a conclusion the pro se complaint contains forty-four numbered paragraphs. Giving it the liberal reading required by Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 92 S.Ct. 594, 30 L.Ed.2d 652 (1972), the complaint made two distinct claims of deprivation of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Frazier v. State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Michael F. Hahn and Marie Hahn v. Star BankCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Chapman v. City of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Haag v. Cuyahoga CountyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1985
- Catanzaro v. HarryDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 2012
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