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· 11/16/1994

David Adams v. Nathan A. Rice Gary T. Dixon Hazel W. Keith

Citations

  • 40 F.3d 72
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 32286
  • 1994 WL 643452

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that there is no constitutional right to participate in grievance procedures
  • noting that “the causation analysis includes an individual’s motivation in its calculus
  • affirming district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs suit as frivolous where allegation was conclusory and nonsensical on its face
  • opining the Constitution creates no entitlement to grievance procedures or access to any such procedure voluntarily established by a state
  • rejecting a claim that the Constitution requires a “particular grievance procedure”
  • inmates have no constitutional entitlement or due process interest in access to a grievance procedure

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Judges: Wilkinson, Hamilton, Luttig

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