Legal Opinion
Mims v. Shapp
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 17, 1984No. 83-5906PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Chief Judge.
This appeal is brought by Pennsylvania prison officials, defendants below, from a judgment and damages award entered in favor of a state prisoner. The action was commenced under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and tried without a jury. We must decide whether the district court erred in determining that defendants violated the prisoner’s due process rights by denying him meaningful periodic review during segregated confinement for five years.
This case was before us in a previous appeal, No. 82-5107. A panel opinion, written by the author of this opinion, affirmed the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Proctor v. LeClaireCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2017
- Farmer v. CarlsonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
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