Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. Kerik
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 6, 2000No. 75 CIV. 3073(HB)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion and Order
BAER, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Defendants in this action, the City of New York and the Department of Corrections, et. al. (collectively the “Department”) brought a motion to terminate the Consent Decrees and all supplemental orders entered in this action and the six related cases that are encompassed herein 1 based on the recently enacted Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA” or “the Act”), Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, §§ 801-810 (Apr. 26, 1996).
By opinion and order date July 23, 1996, this Court held that the PLRA was constitutional and vacated the Consent…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
- James Benjamin v. William J. Fraser, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Hayes v. County of SullivanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- Holland v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2016
- Benjamin v. FraserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Benjamin v. FraserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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