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· 12/26/1985

Howard Ayers v. Thomas A. Coughlin, Iii, Commissioner, Harold J. Smith, Superintendent of Attica, S. Kerbein, Correctional Officer

Citations

  • 780 F.2d 205
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 25841

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that a mere “linkage in the prison chain of command” is not sufficient to demonstrate personal involvement for purposes of a civil rights action
  • concluding that a mere “linkage in the prison chain of command” is not sufficient to demonstrate personal involvement for purposes of a civil rights action
  • concluding that a mere “linkage in the prison chain of command” is not sufficient to demonstrate personal involvement for purposes of a civil rights action
  • concluding that a mere “linkage in the prison chain of command” is not sufficient to demonstrate personal involvement for purposes of a civil rights action
  • concluding that a mere “linkage in the prison chain of command” is not sufficient to demonstrate personal involvement for purposes of a civil rights action
  • concluding that a mere “linkage in the prison chain of command” is not sufficient to demonstrate personal involvement for purposes of a civil rights action

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Judges: Newman, Winter, Holden

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