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Second Circuit· 2/28/1994

Gibeau v. Nellis

Citations

  • 18 F.3d 107
  • 1994 WL 63481

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that district court did not err in imposing partial filing 19 fee where the plaintiff consistently spent his money on commissary items
  • explaining that “nominal damages are mandatory” where a “substantive constitutional violation” occurred but there was no proof of “any actual injury” (citations omitted)
  • “[plaintiff] was struck by [defendant] approximately three times[;] [i]t is possible that the jury considered only the last blow to be excessive, and it may have concluded that the [injury] was caused by the first blow”

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Judges: Meskill, Pratt, Winter

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