Legal Opinion
Ervin v. Ciccone
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1977No. 77-1313PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
Lorenzo Edward Ervin, Jr., a former inmate in the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri,1 brings this action for damages against various prison officials, alleging that while incarcerated at the Center he was placed in punitive solitary confinement without due process, that the conditions of his confinement while in solitary violated the eighth amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishments, and that the prison officials took retaliatory action against him for his involvement in various pro se legal actions.
Ervin attempts to state claims against the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Smith v. MaschnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Smith v. MaschnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Wycoff v. BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Elizabeth Ann Norton v. United States of America, and John Turner, Robert O'BrienCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Flittie v. SolemCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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