Legal Opinion

Jerry Alan Gilley v. United States of America, Acting by and Through Norman A. Carlson, Director, Federal Prison Systems, Department of Justice

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 27, 1981No. 80-1072PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

In this case the government appeals from an order granting a preliminary injunction which prohibits the transfer of a tenured federal employee to a new duty station.

I

The plaintiff was a Correctional Supervisor at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Memphis, Tennessee with more than eleven years of service with the Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiff was involved in an incident in which he went to the aid of another staff member who was being assaulted by an inmate. Following an investigation the warden of FCI Memphis advised the plaintiff that he proposed…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Sampson v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Phyllis F. Borrell v. United States International Communications AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  2. Carlton L. Owens v. William Brock, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
  3. Charles R. RYON, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Colonel Peter J. O’NEILL, Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  4. Bonds v. HeymanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1997
  5. Samuel L. Alexander v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987

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