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· 1/10/1992

Christopher James Murphy v. Mark Kellar

Citations

  • 950 F.2d 290
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 233
  • 1992 WL 28

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that identities of unknown defendants for whom plaintiff provided physical descriptions, partial names and positions, could be determined from duty rosters and personnel records
  • holding that a plaintiff bringing a section 1983 action must “specify the personal involvement of each defendant”
  • holding that a plaintiff bringing a section 1983 action must “specify the personal involvement of each defendant”
  • stating that plaintiff should be given the opportunity to discover the identities of unnamed defendants in certain circumstances
  • noting that in certain circumstances, a plaintiff should be given the opportunity through discovery to discover the identities of unnamed defendants
  • holding suit in which prisoner gave officers’ last names and described their physical appearances was not frivolous

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Judges: Politz, King, Garza

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