Legal Opinion
Sivak v. Ada County
Idaho Court of Appeals
Decided July 17, 1990No. 18348PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTERS, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a district court’s order upholding a magistrate’s judgment dismissing Lacey Sivak’s petition for habeas corpus relief. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
The case comes to us with the following background. Sivak, a prison inmate, was briefly incarcerated at the Ada County Jail. He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging that, during this period of confinement, jail personnel took prescription medication from his cell in violation of his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. 1 A magistrate ordered an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Associates Northwest, Inc. v. BeetsIdaho Court of Appeals · 1987
- Ustick v. UstickIdaho Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Brennan v. StateIdaho Court of Appeals · 1992
- State v. SpradlinIdaho Court of Appeals · 1991
- State v. LeachIdaho Court of Appeals · 2001
- Brandt v. StateIdaho Court of Appeals · 1994
- Merrifield v. AraveIdaho Court of Appeals · 1996
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