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Fourth Circuit· 3/11/2025

Brian Farabee v. Robert Gardella

Citations

  • 131 F.4th 185

Oral argument

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How courts have described this case

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  • “According to Farabee, Gardella’s orders authorized the chemical restraint at times when he posed no danger to himself or others and was used to retaliate against him or control him.”
  • “Farabee alleges that Herr transferred him to Western State in retaliation for his lawsuit or ‘out of sheer animus.’”
  • “[T]his Court has cautioned that district courts should not consider summary judgment motions where the nonmoving party has not had an opportunity to discover information essential to its opposition.”
  • district courts must afford pro se plaintiffs leniency in regard to Rule 56(d)’s requirements

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