Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1975No. Nos. 75-1523, 75-1562PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Circuit Judge.
These two appeals arise from litigation instituted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa1 by Warner S. Kelly and Samuel S. Parras, inmates of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, against Lou V. Brewer, Warden of that institution.
Plaintiffs alleged in substance that their initial and continued confinements in “administrative segregation” at the discretion of the defendant without prior hearings and without meaningful periodic evaluations of their cases by reference to appropriate standards constituted cruel and unusual…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by74 opinions
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