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Heitman v. Gabriel

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided October 20, 1981No. 79-6056-CV-SJPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND INITIAL REMEDIAL ORDER

SACHS, District Judge.

This jail conditions litigation was initiated by a pro se filing by Danny Ray Wolfe and Michael G. Heitman, inmates at the Buchanan County Jail in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was approved as a forma pauperis filing by former Chief Judge Oliver in September, 1979. Seven cases were thereafter filed by additional inmates, both pretrial detainees and convicted persons under sentence. The Court requested the United States Attorney to enter an appearance as amicus curiae, in the absence of counsel for plaintiffs. After some limited…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
  4. James C. Wright v. Ruth RushenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  5. Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Duval County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. Johnson-El v. SchoemehlCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  3. Johnson-El v. SchoemehlCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  4. Cody v. HillardDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1984
  5. Knop v. JohnsonDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1987

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