Legal Opinion
Torres v. Taylor
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 1, 1978No. 77 CIVIL 1598PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Anthony Torres, formerly a prisoner incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (“MCC”), a federal detention facility in New York City, commenced this action against defendants Larry Taylor, the warden of MCC, and Deleno Matthews, a unit manager at the same institution, charging them with violations of his Fifth and Eighth Amendment rights. He seeks compensatory and punitive damages. 1 The complaint, as amended, asserts that this Court has general federal question jurisdiction to grant damages to redress violations of constitutional…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bishop v. TiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Thornwell v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1979
- Doe v. United States Civil Service CommissionDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Peck v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- People Ex Rel. Snead v. KirklandDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
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