· 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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