Legal Opinion

Wright v. McMann

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 16, 1972No. Nos. 95, 96, Dockets 35572, 35573PublishedCited by 109 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Lawrence William Wright in March 1966 brought suit under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against appellant *128McMann in the Northern District of New York. Wright’s pro se complaint alleged that Warden McMann and other prison officials at the Clinton Correctional Facility had deprived him of his constitutional rights during two periods of solitary confinement. The district court dismissed the complaint on the alternate grounds that it was insufficient to show any constitutional violation and that it should have been brought first in the state courts. This court…

2Cases cited16 opinions

Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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
Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971

11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by109 opinions

Garcia Jay Wright v. George Collins, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary Dr. Berry Officer Larry DonnellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
Charles J. Slakan v. T.C. Porter, M.M. Walters, Amos Reed, Ralph Edwards, Sam Garrison, and J.B. Barefoot, J.G. Watson, D.R. Woodard, Jack LemonsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
James Williams v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent, and W. Morgan, C.O., Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
Josephina Duchesne as Administratrix of the Estate of Pauline Perez v. Jule M. SugarmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
Provost v. City of NewburghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001

104 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.