Davidson v. Riley

How courts have described this case

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

• appearing in shackles was prejudicial to prisoner-plaintiff because the case came down to a “ ‘swearing contest’ in which the credibility of the witnesses was ‘crucial’ ”
• “Where the restraints would appear to be pertinent to the substance of the plaintiffs claims, the error may well not be harmless.”
• district court abused its discretion in refusing to hold an evidentiary hearing as to disputed allegations that the prisoner-plaintiff was a flight risk
• district courts have a “responsibility to determine whether [a prisoner-plaintiffs] due process right not to appear before the jury in shackles ... [is] outweighed by considerations of security”
• “Circuit courts have recognized that the concerns expressed in Allen are applicable to parties in civil suits as well.”
• district court stated that the decision on physical restraints was “up to the officers” who accompanied the plaintiff, and that it would not “do anything different than [what] they advise”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Willie Deleon v. Wayne L. Strack, Superintendent Fishkill Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 2000-12-06· cited 134×
• Claiborne v. Blauser
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-06-28· cited 48×
• United States v. Eric Zuber
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-01· cited 36×
• Sides v. Cherry
  Third Circuit· 2010-06-22· cited 15×
• Hameed v. Mann
  Second Circuit· 1995-06-15· cited 14×
• United States v. Polizzi
  E.D. New York· 2009-04-30· cited 5×
• United States v. Davis
  S.D. New York· 2008-04-24· cited 1×
• Ball v. Baker
  M.D. Alabama· 2000-08-28
• Brian Maus v. Diane Baker
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-04-04

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Illinois v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-06· cited 3,248×
• Estelle v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-21· cited 2,305×
• In Re International Business MacHines Corporation, United States of America v. International Business MacHines Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1980-02-25· cited 258×
• Chicago Council of Lawyers v. William J. Bauer, and Terence MacCarthy Intervenors-Appellees
  Seventh Circuit· 1975-08-04· cited 145×
• Edward Lemons v. Captain Marvin Skidmore, Lieutenant Jack Durham, and Correctional Officer Robert Gaither
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-02-09· cited 95×
• Joe Woods v. James H. Thieret and Dennis Hasemeyer
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-09-15· cited 93×
• Luther Tyars v. Dr. Richard Finner, Medical Director of Patton State Hospital, Patton, California
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-06-21· cited 86×
• Holloway v. Alexander
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-02-20· cited 39×
• Bailey v. Systems Innovation, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1988-07-21· cited 37×
• Davidson v. Riley
  Second Circuit· 1995-01-11· cited 26×
• Davidson v. Smith
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-12-18· cited 17×
• Davidson v. Coughlin
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-10-19· cited 11×