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Cline v. United States Department of Justice

District Court, D. South Dakota

Decided November 4, 1981No. 79-5012PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DONALD J. PORTER, District Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

Plaintiff brought this combination civil rights suit and FTCA action for injuries he alleges he suffered while a federal prisoner in the Pennington County Jail in Rapid City, South Dakota. 1 Having found the complaint to be grounded in negligence, the Court orders the allegations of civil rights violations dismissed, but denies the motion of the United States for summary judgment as to the FTCA claim.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

According to the allegations of the complaint, plaintiff was sentenced in U. S. District Court for the District of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. United States v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Begg v. MoffittDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
  2. Cruz v. Union Independiente Autentica de Empleados de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (UIA)District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2020

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