Hubbs v. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “vague and conclusory statements in [an] affidavit” are insufficient to defeat summary judgment
• explaining that defendants bear the burden of proof, but plaintiffs can overcome a showing of non-exhaustion by putting on their own evidence
• holding “administrative remedies may . . . be deemed unavailable if the plaintiff can demonstrate other factors—for example, threats from correction officers—rendered a nominally available procedure unavailable”
• first citing Mojias v. Johnson, 351 F.3d 606, 610 (2d Cir. 2003), then citing Snider v. Melindez, 199 F.3d 108, 114 (2d Cir. 1999)
• “Whether an administrative remedy was available to a prisoner in a particular prison or prison system is ultimately a question of law, even when it contains factual elements.”
• “Whether an administrative remedy was available to a prisoner in a particular prison or prison system is ultimately a question of law, even when it contains factual elements.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Williams v. Correction Officer Priatno
  Second Circuit· 2016-07-12· cited 398×
• Toby Lamb, II v. Brant Kendrick
  Sixth Circuit· 2022-10-26· cited 92×
• Saeli v. Chautauqua County
  Second Circuit· 2022-06-08· cited 72×
• Green Haven Prison Preparative Meeting v. New York State Dept. of
  Second Circuit· 2021-10-18· cited 58×
• Samuels v. Fischer
  S.D. New York· 2016-03-02· cited 48×
• Lopez v. Cipolini
  S.D. New York· 2015-09-30· cited 43×
• Betances v. Fischer
  Second Circuit· 2016-09-16· cited 22×
• Estrada v. Smart
  Tenth Circuit· 2024-07-16· cited 20×
• Reyes v. Fischer
  Second Circuit· 2019-08-09· cited 15×
• Scott v. Kastner-Smith
  W.D. New York· 2018-03-30· cited 11×
• Watson v. Sims
  Second Circuit· 2016-04-29· cited 5×
• Jason A. Czekalski v. Helen Hanks, New Hampshire Department of Corrections Commissioner; and James Daly, New Hampshire State Prison Chaplain
  D. New Hampshire· 2021-01-07· cited 3×
• James Stile v. Strafford County Department of Corrections, Bruce Pelkie, Jake Collins, Tracey Warren, Robert Farrell, Laura Noseworthy, and Christopher Brackett
  D. New Hampshire· 2019-09-20· cited 2×
• Albert Tito v. N.H. State Prison Warden, Michael Zenk, et al.
  D. New Hampshire· 2020-03-25· cited 1×
• Gray v. Perkins, et al.
  D. New Hampshire· 2016-09-20
• Jane Doe v. Todd Blanche
  D.C. Circuit· 2026-04-17

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Booth v. Churner
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 3,581×
• Joyce Bickerstaff v. Vassar College
  Second Circuit· 1999-12-22· cited 668×
• Raymond W. Snider v. Dr. Melindez
  Second Circuit· 1999-12-08· cited 251×
• Hemphill v. New York
  Second Circuit· 2004-08-18· cited 185×
• Ruggiero v. County of Orange
  Second Circuit· 2006-10-18· cited 163×
• Giano v. Goord
  Second Circuit· 2004-08-18· cited 92×
• Abney v. Mcginnis
  Second Circuit· 2004-08-18· cited 67×
• United States v. Litwok
  Second Circuit· 2012-04-30· cited 62×
• Demostede Mojias v. Deputy Johnson, Capt. Massar, Shield 401, Capt. John Doe, Shield 83, C.O. Alexander, C.O. John Doe, 1775, C.O. Castillo
  Second Circuit· 2003-12-09· cited 48×