Huey B. Wright v. Harold Smith and Thomas A. Coughlin, III

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• recognizing that “personal involvement of defendants in alleged constitutional deprivations is a prerequisite to an award of damages under § 1983”
• holding that “personal involvement of defendants in alleged constitutional deprivations is a prerequisite to an award of damages under § 1983”
• recognizing that “personal involvement of defendants in alleged constitutional deprivations is a prerequisite to an award of damages under § 1983”
• recognizing that “personal involvement of defendants in alleged constitutional deprivations is a prerequisite to an award of damages under § 1983” (quotation marks and citation omitted)
• concluding that the defendant’s receipt of a letter from a plaintiff generally complaining about the conditions of confinement was insufficient to put defendant “on actual or constructive notice of the violation”
• explaining that a defendant cannot be held personally responsible merely because he or she is in a high position of authority

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).