Legal Opinion
Cain v. COM. OF VIRGINIA
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 3, 1997No. CIV. A. 3:96CV991PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
SPENCER, District Judge.
Robert Lewis Cain, a Virginia state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Cain alleges R. Neely Owen, Robert Sykes, and J.A. Crawford, initiated and prosecuted charges against him which they knew were false. Sykes and Crawford have moved to dismiss. 2 Jurisdiction is appropriate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a)(3).
I. SUMMARY OF ALLEGATIONS
On November 1, 1994, Robert Sykes and J.A. Crawford, swore out a warrant against Cain before the Magistrate in Greensville County, Virginia. The warrant states that on September…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Buckley v. FitzsimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Walter Gordon v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner Joe Martin, Warden, Wayne Stephen Young v. George H. Collins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Siglar v. HightowerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Hughes v. Colorado Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2009
- Evans v. BonnerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2002
- Wolfe v. HornDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2001
- Dodge v. ShoemakerDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2010
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