Legal Opinion
Wright v. McMann
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided August 31, 1966No. Civ. 66-CV-77PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
BRENNAN, District Judge.
Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The ultimate question here requires the determination of the legal sufficiency of the use of the Civil Rights Act as the basis of this court’s jurisdiction in an action at law by a state court prisoner, based upon alleged mistreatment in the execution of punishment for breaches of rules designed to maintain prison discipline.
This is one of the continuous flood of applications by state prisoners which seek some form of relief, from the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Lawrence William Wright v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Wright v. McMannDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1970
- Batton v. State Government of North CarolinaDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1980
- Jackson v. BishopDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1967
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