Hoptowit v. Ray

How courts have described this case

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

• holding district courts have broad discretion in appointing amicus curiae
• holding prisoners do not have a right to a job
• holding deliberate indifference “appl[ies] to physical, dental, and mental health”
• “The Eighth Amendment requires that prison officials provide a system of ready access to adequate medical care.”
• totality of conditions may not justify relief which must be based on showing of independent constitutional violation
• “The Eighth 2 Amendment standards for conditions in isolation, segregation, and protective custody cells 3 are no different from standards applying to the general population.”

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Cited by

282 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wilson v. Seiter
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 6,530×
• David Poe Wood v. Vernon G. Housewright, George Sumner
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-04-02· cited 2,391×
• Cion Peralta v. T. Dillard
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-03-06· cited 1,019×
• Gibson v. County of Washoe, Nevada
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-05-22· cited 1,016×
• Charles M. KEENAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank HALL, Director Oregon Department of Corrections, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-05-08· cited 978×
• Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-30· cited 960×
• Hallett v. Morgan
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-07-17· cited 960×
• Philip Rosati v. Dr. Igbinoso
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-06-26· cited 781×
• Johnson v. Lewis
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-06-29· cited 741×
• Lemire v. California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-08-07· cited 699×
• John Colwell v. Robert Bannister
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-14· cited 652×
• Hearns v. Terhune
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-06-29· cited 560×
• Cleolis Hunt v. Dental Department
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-01-06· cited 547×
• Hallett v. Morgan
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-08-02· cited 535×
• Andrew John Walker, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. George W. Sumner, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-01-28· cited 530×
• Samuel Lemaire v. Manfred Maass, Superintendent, Samuel Lemaire v. Manfred Maass, Superintendent
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-12-23· cited 523×
• Thomas v. Ponder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-16· cited 507×
• David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-06-23· cited 447×
• Walker v. Mintzes
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-08-22· cited 445×
• Anderson v. County of Kern
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-01-13· cited 430×

Other cases named Hoptowit v. Ray

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Hoptowit v. Ray
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-08-09