Hamilton v. Lyons

How courts have described this case

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• holding that there is no liability for mere negligence in a No. 98-60572 -3- § 1983 suit
• holding that detained parolees may bring constitutional challenges to their 13 conditions of confinement under the Eighth Amendment
• applying Heck to a Section 1983 claim challenging the coercive nature of a pretrial detainee’s confinement prior to giving a statement regarding pending charges
• applying Heck to a § 1983 claim challenging the coercive nature of a pretrial detainee's confinement prior to giving a statement regarding pending charges
• finding inmate’s § 1983 “claims are frivolous as barred by Heck v. Humphrey”
• “A § 1983 claim which falls under the rule in Heck is legally frivolous . . . .”

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