Legal Opinion
Jack Silver v. Fred R. Dickson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1968No. 22129_1PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:
This is a civil rights action commenced pursuant to Rev.Stat. § 1979 (1875), 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1964), and other provisions of the Civil Rights Act.
The plaintiff, Jack Silver, is in California penal custody under convictions and sentences for attempted murder, possession of narcotics, and escape. He has been imprisoned since July 30, 1959, except for a few days in 1962 when he was an escapee. Silver’s sentence for escape, imposed in 1962, is an indeterminate life sentence consecutive to his sentences on the other two convictions. Silver has seven times been denied parole.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Adolph G. Hoffman v. C. H. Halden, Dr. Donald E. Wair, Dr. G. F. Keller and Dr. F. Sydney HansenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Neal Clark v. State of Washington, and Washington State Bar Association, an Agency of State Government, the State Bar of California, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Robichaud v. RonanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Milton McCray v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- John Houston Sellars v. Raymond K. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Robert E. Sykes v. State of California (Department of Motor Vehicles)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Bennett v. GravelleDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1971
- Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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