Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Sherrod
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 2011No. 10-2147PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Charles Robinson, a federal inmate, brought this habeas corpus action claiming that the prison medical staff has refused to investigate his complaints of back pain, and seeking an order that the staff schedule a diagnostic MRI and administer appropriate medication until the source of his back pain is discovered and treated. The district court dismissed the action without prejudice on the ground that the federal habeas corpus statute cannot be used to challenge conditions of confinement. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3).
And so we had held, with specific reference to complaints…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Eric Martin v. William OvertonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by131 opinions
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