Legal Opinion

Leslie D. Willis v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 15, 1974No. 74-1294PublishedCited by 138 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of injunctive relief sought in a petition for habeas corpus. The petitioner Willis was a prisoner at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri. In his habeas petition he alleged that prison authorities had placed him in punitive isolation on the basis of a false disciplinary report and after a hearing which denied him various safeguards of procedural due process. He also charged that he was being denied access to the courts and that his freedom to associate with other prisoners was being abridged because…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by138 opinions

  1. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Gary Wayne Freeman v. Richard RideoutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
  3. Michael Hanrahan v. Michael P. LaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  4. Shaker Aamer v. Barack ObamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
  5. Ruben Ramirez Sanchez v. H.G. Miller, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Marion, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986

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