Legal Opinion
Wright v. Cuyler
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 30, 1980No. Nos. 79-1223, 79-1224PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*456OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
These are two consolidated appeals taken by Thomas Wright from the district court’s dismissal of his two civil rights actions. The district court determined that Wright, a prisoner, was attempting to challenge the duration of his confinement, and was therefore required, under Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 93 S.Ct. 1827, 36 L.Ed.2d 439 (1973), to exhaust state remedies. We reverse.
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Wright is a prisoner in the Pennsylvania -State Correctional Institute at Graterford. He applied in June 1977 for admission to the home furlough program1 but was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDENSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Gene Vontell Graham v. G. Michael BroglinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Ernest M. Serio v. Members of Louisiana State Board of Pardons, Howard Marsellus, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Georgevich v. StraussCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Tedford v. HeptingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Weaver v. WilcoxCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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