Legal Opinion
Nathan Breeden v. Hunter P. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1972No. 71-1400PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner was a Virginia State prisoner. Claiming threats of bodily harm, he was transferred at his own request from the general prison population to maximum security.1 Since his transfer was by his own request, and since the prison authorities found no verification of the threat, petitioner was free to leave maximum security. He, however, chose to remain but filed in the District Court his petition for “Peremptory Writ of Mandamus” 2 complaining that the deprivations imposed on him in maximum security represented cruel and unusual punishment inhibited by the Eighth…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lindsey v. NormetSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lawrence William Wright v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Malcolm Little, Jr. v. Daniel WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Shrader v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Charles Smith v. Fulton Rabalais, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Enith Lester Taylor, Jr., and Larry Parnell Jerry Lee Beeson, Intervenor Ptfs. v. P.M. Rogers James Woodard Rae H. McNamaraCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Collins v. SchoonfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
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