Legal Opinion
Christy v. Hammel
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 13, 1980No. Civ. No. 79-201PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEALON, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Lawrence D. Christy is a former inmate of Farview State Hospital, a maximum-security institution located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He bases his cause of action on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343. The complaint avers that several *384Farview guards handcuffed the plaintiff during an evening in November 1978 and moved him from ward AAII, the second-most privileged section of the hospital, to maximum security (“CCI”).1 This special disciplinary incarceration allegedly lasted six days. Christy charges that he was subjected to…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re Catfish Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1993
- In re Alcoholic Beverages LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1982
- Goldy v. BealDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Harris v. PernsleyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
- Woodall v. BartolinoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1985
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