Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Burlington County
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided November 9, 1987No. Civ. A. 85-2002PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARRY, District Judge.
On October 3, 1983, plaintiff Timothy Ryan was a pretrial detainee in the Burlington County Jail. 1 He was a healthy, fully functioning human being capable of the things human beings take for granted. He could walk, feed himself, go to the bathroom on his own, and make love. On October 4, 1983, Timothy Ryan was rendered quadriplegic. The person who caused this injury, Michael Scott, was Ryan’s cellmate and a criminal convicted of a crime involving death or injury to another. On October 4,1983, Scott was awaiting transfer to a state run facility as a parole…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Timothy Ryan v. Burlington County, New Jersey Appeal of William H. Fauver, Commissioner of Corrections, and Joseph Call, Deputy DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Ryan v. Burlington CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Snyder v. BaumeckerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1989
- Silvera v. Connecticut Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2010
- Timothy Ryan v. Burlington County, New Jersey, and Burlington County, Harold Colburn, Jr., Michael J. Conda, Catherine A. Costa, Henry J. Metzger, Robert C. Shinn, Michael J. Hogan, and Burlington County Solicitor's Office, Defendants/third Party v. Maurice Scott, Third Party and John Bradman, Individually and Officially as Warden of Burlington County Jail, Defendants/third Party v. Maurice Scott, Third Party Appeal of Harold Colburn, Jr., Michael Conda, Catherine H. Costa, Henry J. Metzger and Robert C. Shinn, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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