Legal Opinion
Cleavinger v. Saxner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 10, 1985No. 84-732PublishedCited by 1,071 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case presents the issue whether members of a federal prison’s Institution Discipline Committee, who hear cases in which inmates are charged with rules infractions, are entitled to absolute, as distinguished from qualified, immunity from personal damages liability for actions violative of the United States Constitution.
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Respondents David Saxner and Alfred Cain, Jr., in January 1975 were inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution at Terre Haute, Ind. They were serving 4- and 5-year sentences, respectively, and each was within 18 months of a possible release date. Each was soon to…
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