Lesseps v. Wicks

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[i]f the conditions of pretrial restraint are ‘reasonably related to a legitimate governmental objective, it does not, without more, amount to punishment.’”
• holding that “[i]f the conditions of pretrial restraint are ‘reasonably related to a legitimate governmental objective, it does not, without more, amount to punishment.’”
• holding, in the context of maximum custody confinement, that “[i]f the conditions of pretrial restraint are ‘reasonably related to a legitimate governmental objective, it does not, without more, amount to punishment.’”
• establishing procedure for providing credit to a servicemember who is court-martialed for an offense that was subject to prior nonjudicial punishment
• upholding a finding of no illegal pretrial punishment for accused held in maximum status
• reviewing for clear error whether brig officials had an intent to punish

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).