Legal Opinion
Burns v. Corrections Corporation of America
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided September 25, 2020No. 5:20-cv-03114Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS LARRY EUGENE BURNS, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 20-3114-SAC CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Medical Staff and Booking Staff, Defendant. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiff filed this pro se civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Although Plaintiff is currently incarcerated at USP Florence, his claims relate to his detention at the Leavenworth Detention Center (“CoreCivic” or “CCA”) in Leavenworth, Kansas. On May 20, 2020, the Court entered a Memorandum and Order and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Correctional Services Corp. v. MaleskoSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Minneci v. PollardSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Peoples v. CCA Detention CentersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Crosby v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012