Legal Opinion
George E. Penland, Jr., Vernon Ward v. Warren County Jail
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1985No. 84-8514PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONTIE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Vernon Ward, a prisoner at the Warren County Jail in Tennessee, 1 petitions this court under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(5) for leave to appeal from a district court judgment, entered under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(4), affirming the judgment of a United States magistrate. For the reasons set forth below, the petition on all three issues raised by Ward is granted. 2
I
As are a majority of the inmates at the Warren County Jail, Ward is a convicted felon serving his sentence in the facility under Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-23-104(a). The jail houses between forty and sixty inmates at any…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Block v. RutherfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Knop v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- John Stanley Campbell v. H.G. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Phillip L. Lindquist v. Idaho State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Peterkin v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Love v. Summit CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
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