· 12/18/1984
Spencer Harris v. James Greer, Dwight Brockmeyer, and Clarence Cochran
Citations
- 750 F.2d 617
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 15821
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that an inmate has no constitutional right to a job of his choice
- \A policy of deliberate racial segregation of prisoners would raise serious questions under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.\
- “A policy of deliberate racial segregation of prisoners would raise serious questions under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
- “an 1 inmate has of course no constitutional right to the cellmate . . . of his choice.”
- “A policy of deliberate racial segregation of prisoners would raise serious questions under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
- allegation that prison officials repeatedly denied black prisoner’s request for white cell mate while in protective custody stated equal protection claim
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Judges: Posner, Bauer, Cudahy, Pos-Ner
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