Legal Opinion
Durkin v. Taylor
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 10, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-0007-RPublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WARRINER, District Judge.
Thomas H. Durkin, a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia confined at the Pre-Release Center in Chesterfield, brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction of this Court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) (1970). Plaintiff and defendants have each moved for summary judgment. For reasons given below defendants’ motion will be granted and plaintiffs motion will be denied. The facts are as follows. 1
Plaintiff had been approved for a weekend furlough beginning at 5:00 p. m. on 22 October 1976. At approximately 2:10 p. m. on…
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- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by109 opinions
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