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· 3/10/1998

James W. Kerr v. Steven Puckett

Citations

  • 138 F.3d 321
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 4129
  • 1998 WL 100000

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting less need to take “special precautions against weak suits” after a plaintiff leaves prison
  • \The statutory language does not leave wriggle room; a convict out on parole is not a 'person incarcerated or detained in any facility ....\'
  • \Congress abandoned 'rehabilitation' as a justification of imprisonment when it enacted the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.\

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Judges: Cummings, Cudahy, Easterbrook

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