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· 10/21/2011

Burke v. Lappin

Citations

  • 821 F. Supp. 2d 244
  • 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121909
  • 2011 WL 5024197

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that “[a]ny new claims arising from plaintiff’s conditions of confinement at USP Lewisburg are properly brought in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania after he has exhausted his administrative remedies”
  • dismissing complaint when Plaintiff did not \allege[ ] sufficient facts for which the current and former high-level officials at BOP headquarters may be held liable\
  • dismissing complaint when Plaintiff did not “allege[] sufficient facts for which the current and former high-level officials at BOP headquarters may be held liable”
  • dismissing similar Bivens claims against the BOP director and other officials
  • “[Plaintiff’s] recent transfer from FCI Talladega renders his claims for injunctive and declaratory relief moot.”
  • “To be held liable under Bivens, the official must have participated per- sonally in the alleged wrongdoing.” (citing Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 676)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

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