Legal Opinion
Joseph C. Jamieson v. William B. Robinson, Commissioner of Correction of Pennsylvania, and James F. Howard, Warden of State Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 1981No. 79-1972PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
The principal question in this case is whether a prisoner’s right to equal protection of the laws is violated by a state’s failure to institute a work release program at a particular state institution.
On April 2, 1979, appellant, Joseph C. Jamieson, an inmate at the State Correctional Institute (S.C.I.) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343, alleging a deprivation of his right to equal protection of the laws as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Gene Vontell Graham v. G. Michael BroglinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Farmer v. CarlsonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Myers v. RidgeCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Hill v. DerDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1981
- Dawson v. KendrickDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1981
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