Legal Opinion
Janan v. Trammell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1986No. 85-5385PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, Marcel Janan and her children, Ray, George and Brenda Janan, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their action brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. The Janans claim that the defendants, who were members of the Tennessee State Parole Board, Director of Paroles Michael Bradley, and Regional Parole Director Jerry McClain, were grossly negligent when they paroled Stanley Scruggs on April 14, 1983, and that the defendants’ negligence deprived Paul Janan, the son and brother of the plaintiffs, of his life without due process of law as…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Martinez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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- Thomas L. Bowers, Administrator of the Estate of Marguerite Anne Bowers, Deceased v. Robert A. Devito, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by59 opinions
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