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· 1/5/1993

Anthony Quinn Larry Starks, Jr. Corvelle Beeks Donta T. McKenzie v. Crispus C. Nix John Emmett Paul W. Grossheim

Citations

  • 983 F.2d 115
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 41

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “[p]rison officials are not entitled to the deference described in Turner . . . if their actions are not actually motivated by legitimate penological interests at the time they act.”
  • “[F]ederal courts must defer to the judgment of those officials responsible for the inordinately difficult task of operating a prison.”

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Judges: Arnold, Gibson, Loken

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