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· 9/14/2010

Dunn v. Castro

Citations

  • 621 F.3d 1196
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 19136
  • 2010 WL 3547637

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “the right of a prisoner to receive visits from his children in 4 the factual circumstances of this case was not clearly established”
  • stating that the Ninth Circuit and other federal appeals courts have “declined to recognize a prisoner’s constitutional right to receive visits” and collecting cases
  • holding 11 the right to freedom of association is limited in prison, thus, imposition of a prison 12 regulation preventing a prisoner from visitation with his children was permissible
  • collecting Ninth Circuit cases “declin[ing] 22 to recognize a prisoner’s constitutional right to receive visits[ ]”
  • incorporating by reference documents identified 7 in operative complaint and considering when ruling on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion
  • noting the application 25 of Turner facts at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage is premature because there is an absence of adequate factual findings

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Judges: Hug, Smith, Todd

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