Legal Opinion
Carlos Muniz v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 28, 1962No. 26841_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
Like Winston v. United States, 2 Cir., 305 F.2d 253 (1962), also decided this day, this ease presents the question of the United States’ liability for negligence in its handling of federal prisoners. In his complaint below, Carlos Muniz alleges that while confined in the federal prison at Danbury, Connecticut, he was set upon and beaten by twelve fellow inmates. The complaint charges negligence generally in not maintaining proper guards or segregation of prisoners in the prison yard; more specifically, it attacks the alleged action of a guard in locking plaintiff into a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Kent v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Arnold Panella v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Henry Winston v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
3Cited by30 opinions
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- Frank J. Underwood, as Administrator of the Estate of Shirley Underwood Dunn, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Peck v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Robert C. Guccione v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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