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· 8/14/1972

Norman C. Gray, Jr. v. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Citations

  • 465 F.2d 179
  • 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 7915

How courts have described this case

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

  • punitive or administrative segregation did “not clearly present the extreme type of situation required to establish an Eighth Amendment violation”
  • “a state prisoner has no constitutional right to remain in any particular prison.”
  • 'a state prisoner has no constitutional right to remain in any particular prison.'
  • “It is abundantly clear that the state prison authorities do not possess unfettered discretion to censor or restrict an inmate’s mail in the name of preserving order, safety and discipline.”
  • allegation of “extreme type of situation required to establish deprivation”

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Judges: Van Dusen, Seitz, Van Dusen Adams

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