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· 11/4/1988

Ronnie Bruscino, on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated v. Norman Carlson

Citations

  • 854 F.2d 162

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that use of security box was reasonable given history of violence at prison
  • finding that “isolated incidents of interference with legal mail” may not state a constitutional violation without a showing of “a systematic pattern or practice of interference”
  • “isolated incidents of interference with legal mail” may not state a constitutional violation without a showing of “a systematic pattern or practice of interference”
  • “The handcuffing, the shackling, [and] the boxing of the handcuffs . . . are reasonable measures in view of the history of violence at the prison and the incorrigible, undeterrable character of the inmates.”
  • rectal search reasonable in light of “incorrigible, undeterrable conduct”

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Judges: Bauer, Posner, Flaum

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