Legal Opinion

Hubbard v. Taylor

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided February 23, 2005No. 03-2372PublishedCited by 254 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Pre-trial detainees housed at a correctional facility in Delaware ask us to review the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of prison officials and the state’s Attorney General. The detainees claim that certain conditions of their confinement deprive them of liberty without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Inasmuch as we conclude that the district court improperly analyzed their claim under the Eighth Amendment, rather than the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, we will reverse and remand for an appropriate…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by254 opinions

  1. Peter Bistrian v. Troy LeviCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
  2. Stevenson v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
  3. Hubbard v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
  4. Hubbard v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
  5. Duran v. MerlineDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2013

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