Legal Opinion
Robert Jewell Landman, Sr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1966No. 10687_1PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, an inmate of the Virginia State Penitentiary, seeks review of the District Court’s dismissal of his claim that the disciplinary punishment meted out to him by the prison authorities trenched upon his constitutional rights. The holding was made after an evidentiary hearing extending over four days, at which the testimony of the prisoner and other inmates was specifically controverted by prison officials. We affirm the District Court.
Robert Jewell Landman, Sr., petitioned the District Court on March 11, 1965 to order his release from the maxi mum security…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Ex Parte HullSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Jordan v. FitzharrisDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1966
- Clarence R. Edwards v. John B. Duncan, D.C. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- William Howard v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Director, Virginia Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by63 opinions
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- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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