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Eleventh Circuit· 9/29/1995

Harris v. Ostrout

Citations

  • 65 F.3d 912
  • 1995 WL 545375

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a prisoner 7 challenging a prison security regulation must rebut the presumption of reasonableness attached to that regulation
  • holding that grant of summary judgment is appropriate where inmate produces nothing beyond “his own conclusory allegations” challenging actions of the defendants
  • holding dismissal is appropriate where a plaintiff “produced nothing, beyond his own conclusory allegations, suggesting that” defendant’s actions “were motivated by a retaliatory animus”
  • stating that under the Equal Protection Clause, prisoners have a right to be free from racial discrimination
  • holding dismissal is appropriate where a plaintiff “produced nothing, beyond his own conclusory allegations”
  • finding cognizable claim under the Fourteenth Amendment where racial animus was shown to motivate guard’s mistreatment of an inmate

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