Legal Opinion

Rhodes v. Robinson

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 19, 2004No. 03-15335PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must resolve a legal quandary that only Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22, could have imagined: Do the exhaustive efforts of an incarcerated prisoner to remedy myriad violations of his First Amendment rights demonstrate that his First Amendment rights were not violated at all?

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Kavin Maurice Rhodes is currently imprisoned at California State Prison, Los Angeles County, in Lancaster, California. Proceeding pro se, he brings this § 1983 action against several correctional officers (“the officers”) at the California Correctional Institution (“CCI”) in Tehachapi,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Porter v. NussleSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Yount v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. Brown v. GroveDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2009
  3. Ambros-Marcial v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2005
  4. Rhodes v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  5. Larson v. CooperAlaska Supreme Court · 2005

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