Legal Opinion
Holsey v. Collins
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 27, 1981No. Civ. No. W-78-861PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, Senior District Judge.
This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim was filed by Aaron Holsey, who was, at the time of the filing, an inmate of the Maryland Penitentiary.1 The Court has reviewed the entire file. It is voluminous, containing a complaint, proposed amendments, supplements, affidavits, and exhibits,2 and it is manageable only with an uneconomical expenditure of resources. In short:
The instant complaint ... [which] places an unjustifiable burden on defendants to determine the nature of the claim against them and to speculate on what their defenses might be, and which imposes a similar…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Walter Gordon v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner Joe Martin, Warden, Wayne Stephen Young v. George H. Collins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Wells v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Bey v. Shapiro Brown & Alt, LLPDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2014
- Holsey v. BassDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1981
- Wells v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Propst v. HWS Co.District Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2015
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