Legal Opinion
Daniel Dewitt v. Officer R. F. Pail, Wesley M. Young, Assistant Superintendent, Southern Conservation Center
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1966No. 20370_1PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:
Daniel DeWitt, a California state prisoner, brought this civil rights action against two prison officials to recover damages in the sum of $20,000 and to obtain his release from custody. The defendants are R. F. Pail, an officer stationed at the Chino Guidance Center of the California Department of Corrections, and Wesley M. Young, Assistant Superintendent of another California state prison facility which DeWitt describes as “Southern Conservation Center, Department of Corrections.” On motion of the defendants the district court dismissed the action. DeWitt appeals.
In…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Michael Cohen v. Russell K. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by84 opinions
- Earnest Woods, II v. Tom CareyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- Silva v. Di VittorioCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Harlan L. Jacobsen v. Richard FillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Alonzo Bonner v. Joseph CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
79 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.