Legal Opinion
Ronnie Lee McKnight v. John Rees, Daryll Richardson and John Walker
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1996No. 95-5398PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J., joined by Keith, J.,
NELSON, J. (pp. 425-26), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Tennessee contracts with private corporations to operate its prison facilities. In their capacities as correctional officers, defendants Daryll Richardson and John Walker allegedly violated plaintiff Ronnie McKnight’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Richardson and Walker now pursue this interlocutory appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss McKnight’s section 1983 action.1 Richardson and Walker argue that they are…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Richardson v. McKnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Donald Bennett v. City of EastpointeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Brotherton v. ClevelandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Neileigh Regets v. City of PlymouthCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
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