Legal Opinion

Leon G. Schack v. State of Florida

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 10, 1968No. 25265_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant, an inmate of the Florida State Prison at Raiford, petitioned the District Court to require prison officials to provide him with immediate dental care. The District Court denied relief without a hearing and this appeal followed. We affirm.

Appellant alleges that he will lose some of his teeth unless he receives dental treatment immediately, and that he cannot await his turn for regular dental treatment. He also alleges that the only treatment which the prison dentist will give is to extract teeth. This is contradicted, however, by his allegation that a prison dentist, at another…

2Cases cited8 opinions

United States ex rel. Gardner v. MaddenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
Talley v. StephensDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1965
Clarence R. Edwards v. John B. Duncan, D.C. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
Douglas Stiltner v. B. J. Rhay, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
Robert L. Cole v. Lavern Smith, Bernard Danner and Allen VogelCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by31 opinions

Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
Jimmie Lee Branch v. Charles Ray ColeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
Katie Ruth Anderson v. J. J. Nosser, James Bradley v. J. J. NosserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
N. H. Newman v. State of Alabama and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, United States of America, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
A. D. Granville v. W. B. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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