Legal Opinion
Dalton v. Hutto
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1983No. 81-6874PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
James Roscoe Dalton, an inmate at Mecklenburg Correctional Center, has appealed from an adverse summary judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Dalton, pro se, had sought injunctive and compensatory relief for the violation of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The only relief which Dalton has sought on appeal, however, is injunctive.1 Dalton specifically challenges the adequacy of a disciplinary hearing wherein two corrections officers called as witnesses by Dalton were not compelled either to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Baxter v. PalmigianoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Nevin Mawhinney v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Peter Preiser, Commissioner of Corrections, and Norris, LieutenantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Larry Charbert Hayes v. Dan Walker, Governor of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Larry Charbert Hayes v. James R. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Burns v. PA Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Nicholas Lennear v. Eric WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2019
- Demarcus M. Brown v. Daniel Braxton, Warden, Red Onion State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- Herbert Whitlock, Stanley Wrice, and Bennie Lopez v. Adrienne Johnson, Melvin Allen, and George DetellaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Wesley King, (83-1705), (83-1774) v. H. Gary Wells and Richard Christiansen, (83-1705), (83-1774)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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