Legal Opinion
Penn El v. Riddle
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 5, 1975No. Civ. A. 75-0266-RPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Thomas L. X. Penn El, a black Virginia prisoner, seeks declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 from alleged deprivations of his constitutionally protected rights by the defendant penal officials. Jurisdiction of the Court is attained pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201 and 2202. The matter is presently before the Court upon defendants’ motion for summary judgment, to which plaintiff has responded. Upon the pleadings, affidavits and contemporaneous prison records before it, the Court deems this matter ripe for disposition.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- McCray v. BurrellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Daughtery v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Gettleman v. WernerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Sherry Marie Lilly, United States of America v. Merrilyn M. GallegosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. LeviDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Hodges v. KleinDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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