· 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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