Legal Opinion
J. W. Gamble v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1975No. 74-3727PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant J. W. Gamble is presently incarcerated in the Walls Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections. On May 30, 1974, he requested leave to file this civil rights action against three officials of the Texas Department of Corrections, appellees, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201 and 2202, alleging in a 24-page handwritten complaint “failure to provide medical care needed”, in that “the only thing that [appellees] had did for his back injury [suffered while imprisoned] was to give [him] pain pills.”
Gamble, it appears, was injured on November 9, 1973, when a 600-pound bale of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Nathaniel Williams v. Leon J. Vincent, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Robert Fitzke and Joy Fitzke v. Barry Shappell, Deputy Sheriff, and Elwin Smith, Sheriff, of Eaton County, Michigan, Jointly and SeverallyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Charles Thomas v. Warden Frank J. Pate, Luther W. Miller v. Illinois Dept. Of Correction, Illinois State Penitentiary, Warden Frank j.pateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- A. D. Granville v. W. B. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Edward E. Westlake v. William Lucas, Sheriff of Wayne CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- James A. Watson v. Dr. Allen L. Ault, William Purdue v. Dr. Allen L. Ault, Director, William A. Durham v. Oree ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Willie Smart v. Romeo Villar, Chief Medical Officer, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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