· 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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