Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Jones v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 10, 1973No. Civ. A. 71-74PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BODY, District Judge.
In this action, the plaintiff, Sheridan R. Jones, alleges that the defendants under color of state law denied him his rights to procedural due process in a prison disciplinary hearing and thereafter confined him in punitive segregation which violated his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The hearing concerned an alleged violation of prison rules. The plaintiff’s cause of action arises under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), and jurisdiction is founded upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 1335, 1343 (1970). Plaintiff seeks monetary…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
30 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by20 opinions
- Eddie Adams v. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Nicholas A. Palmigiano v. Joseph BaxterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- City of Nome v. AilakAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- Braxton v. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- MacK v. JohnsonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.