Legal Opinion
William Gerber v. Rodney Hickman, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2002No. 00-16494PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge.
William Gerber, an inmate in the California State prison system, filed an amended complaint in federal court in which he alleged: “Petitioner asserts that Mule Creek State Prison is violating his Constitutional Rights by not allowing him to provide his wife with a sperm specimen that she may use to be artificially inseminated.” Gerber sought an order of the court directing the institution to permit him to provide “a sample of sperm to artificially inseminate his wife.”
The district court dismissed Gerber’s suit for failure to state a claim, ruling that a prisoner does…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hudson v. McMillianSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by58 opinions
- Dunn v. CastroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- Ernst Zundel v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
- Fei Mei Cheng v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Kenneth Tiedemann v. Barbara Von BlanckenseeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2023
- Hernandez v. CateDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2013
53 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.