Second Circuit· 3/19/2002

Thompson v. Carter

Citations

284 F.3d 411
2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 4349

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holding a “plaintiff cannot recover damages for mental or emotional injury for a constitutional violation in the absence of a showing of actual physical injury”
explaining Section 1997e(e) bars a plaintiff alleging a constitutional violation from recovering damages for mental or emotional injury without showing an actual physical injury
noting that prisoner barred by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e) from recovery for mental and emotional injury but that the statute “does not restrict a plaintiff’s ability to recover compensatory damages for actual injury, nominal or punitive damages, or injunctive and declaratory relief”
“A prisoner’s transfer to a different correctional facility generally moots his request for injunctive relief against employees of the transferor facility.”
“A prisoner’s transfer to a different correctional facility generally moots his request for injunctive relief against employees of the transferor facility.”
“A prisoner’s transfer to a different correctional facility generally moots his request for injunctive relief against employees of the transferor facility.”

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