Legal Opinion
Wilkerson v. Stalder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 2003No. 02-30516PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
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Louisiana State Penitentiary officials challenge the district court’s order denying in part their Motion to Dismiss on grounds of qualified immunity a § 1983 suit filed against them by three inmates. The clis- trict court ruled that the evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to the inmates, showed that the prison officials violated due process rights secured to the inmates under the Fourteenth Amendment, and that the law was clearly established at the time of the violation. For the reasons provided below, we affirm the district court’s denial of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Harper v. ShowersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Woods v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Morgan v. SwansonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Atteberry v. Nocona General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Hernandez v. VelasquezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Robert Wilkerson v. Richard StalderCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- Gary Vaughn, Jr. v. Cambria County PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2017
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