Patterson v. Godward

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a court can sua sponte dismiss an action under §1915 where personal jurisdiction is lacking
• holding that an actual injury was sufficiently alleged where the plaintiff alleged “the defendants’ actions prevented him from filing a state habeas corpus petition”
• recognizing that § 1631 directs a court to “cure jurisdictional . . . defects by transferring a suit . . . when it is in the interests of justice”
• concluding that limited recreation time and other restrictions did not create a constitutional violation
• holding that inmate can show equal protection violation under rational basis standard only by showing that he was subjected to different treatment that was not reasonably related to a legitimate penological purpose
• holding inmate alleged a sufficient injury by asserting that defendants’ actions prevented him from filing a state habeas petition

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