Legal Opinion
Donald Raymond Smith v. Merle R. Schneckloth, Superintendent, California Conservation Center
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1969No. 23089_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of a complaint filed under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, by an inmate of the California Conservation Center. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was denied equal protection of law when prison authorities transferred him from his assigned work as a dental technician at the Center solely because he is a narcotics addict. In addition, plaintiff alleged that the failure to provide him either medical treatment for his addiction or adequate vocational training amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
The district court held that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Lee v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Houghton v. ShaferSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jose Verdugo and Horace Eugene Turner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Laaman v. HelgemoeDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1977
- McCray v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Brenneman v. MadiganDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Pace v. FauverDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1979
- Miles Christman v. Albert SkinnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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