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· 5/17/1999

Richard L. Gordon v. James A. Hansen Lucinda Glen Kent Plummer Richard Anderson Richard Jarvis

Citations

  • 168 F.3d 1109

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that a plaintiff failed to state a claim as he received the “procedural safeguards that the Due Process Clause requires” by “avail[ing] himself of the administrative hearing process to contest the Emergency Orders and appeal[ing] the Department’s orders”
  • “An action under Bivens is almost identical to an action under section 1983, except that the former is maintained against federal officials while the latter is against state officials.” (citation omitted)
  • “Section 1983 ... requires a causal relationship between a Defendants’ conduct and a plaintiffs constitutional deprivation. Absent such a relationship, the defendant is entitled to dismissal.”
  • “Although the Due Process Clause requires a fair and impartial tribunal, we begin with a presumption that decision-makers are honest and impartial.” (internal quotation and alteration omitted)
  • “We will not dismiss a complaint for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff cán prove no set of facts that would demonstrate an entitlement to relief.”
  • “We will not dismiss a complaint for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts that would demonstrate an entitlement to relief.”

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Judges: Arnold, Gibson, Nangle

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