Laub v. California

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, while due process does not permit a detainee to be punished prior to an adjudication of guilt, a restriction or condition accompanying pretrial detention is not punishment if it is reasonably related to a legitimate governmental objective
• stating that complaint may be dismissed as frivolous if it lacks an arguable basis in law or fact
• rejecting constitutional claim against prison regulations authorizing medical officers to force-feed an inmate if they determined his life or permanent health was in danger
• finding a 28 U.S.C. § 1915 dismissal as frivolous appropriate where the complaint lacks an arguable basis in law or fact
• rejecting constitutional claim against prison regulations authorizing medical officers to force-feed an inmate if they determined his life or permanent health was in danger
• finding a 28 U.S.C. § 1915 dismissal as frivolous appropriate where the complaint lacks an arguable basis in law or fact

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