Francis v. Fiacco

How courts have described this case

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

• granting qualified immunity to correctional officers charged with an Eighth Amendment violation after they No. 21-3332 15 complied with state law, rather than a conflicting and unlaw- fully lenient sentence
• granting qualified immunity to correctional officers charged with an Eighth Amendment violation after they No. 21-3332 15 complied with state law, rather than a conflicting and unlaw- fully lenient sentence

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Radwan v. Manuel
  Second Circuit· 2022-11-30· cited 97×
• Jones v. Treubig
  Second Circuit· 2020-06-26· cited 96×
• Bacon v. Phelps
  Second Circuit· 2020-06-08· cited 94×
• Hurd v. Fredenburgh
  Second Circuit· 2021-01-12· cited 70×
• Liberian Community Association v. Lamont
  Second Circuit· 2020-08-14· cited 64×
• Sabir v. Williams
  Second Circuit· 2022-06-17· cited 58×
• Lennox v. Miller
  Second Circuit· 2020-07-29· cited 56×
• Michael Matzell v. Anthony J. Annucci
  Second Circuit· 2023-04-04· cited 55×
• John Sabo v. Megan Erickson
  Seventh Circuit· 2025-01-31· cited 36×
• Hadwan v. US Dep't of State
  Second Circuit· 2025-06-03· cited 4×
• The People v. Superintendent, Adirondack Correctional Facility , The People v. Dennis Breslin
  New York Court of Appeals· 2020-11-23
• Sabir v. Williams
  Second Circuit· 2022-10-28
• Eaton v. Estabrook
  Second Circuit· 2025-07-09
• Baltas v. Chapdelaine
  Second Circuit· 2025-09-03
• Clark v. Valletta
  Second Circuit· 2025-10-06

Cites

47 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Mathews v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
• Pearson v. Callahan
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-21· cited 13,928×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Morrissey v. Brewer
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 10,835×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Wilson v. Seiter
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 6,530×
• Meachum v. Fano
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-25· cited 3,743×
• Brosseau v. Haugen
  Supreme Court· 2004-12-13· cited 2,748×
• White v. Pauly
  Supreme Court· 2017-01-09· cited 2,504×
• Wilkinson v. Austin
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-13· cited 2,479×
• Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 2,461×
• District of Columbia v. Wesby
  Supreme Court· 2018-01-22· cited 2,459×
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy
  Supreme Court· 1961-10-09· cited 2,289×
• Gardner v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-22· cited 1,935×
• Kisela v. Hughes
  Supreme Court· 2018-04-02· cited 1,731×
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-28· cited 1,441×
• Foucha v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-18· cited 1,348×
• Parham v. J. R.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-20· cited 1,078×