Legal Opinion
Nolan v. Scafati
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 14, 1970No. 7538PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
On November 22, 1969, state prisoner Daniel Nolan wrote a letter to the Chief Judge of the federal district court in Boston, seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for two alleged violations of his constitutional rights by the prison officials of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. Petitioner claimed that he had been denied procedural due process by the manner in which the prison officials committed him to extended segregated confinement, and that he had been denied access to the courts by the prison officials’ refusal to mail his letter to the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ex Parte HullSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Lee v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by70 opinions
- David R. Ferranti v. John J. MoranCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- John Furtado v. Harold Bishop, John Furtado v. Harold BishopCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Eddie Adams v. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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