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· 4/19/1989

Robert Irwin Gwin v. Wayne Snow, Jr., Robert I. Gwin v. Mobley Howell

Citations

  • 870 F.2d 616
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 5245
  • 1989 WL 29986

How courts have described this case

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

  • reaffirming that a prisoner may not seek “injunctive relief which lessens the period of confinement” in a civil-rights action
  • only en banc court can overrule a binding decision
  • inmate sought “compassionate leave when his mother died”

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Judges: Johnson, Hatchett, Cox

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