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· 10/26/1990

Wilmer B. Gay v. George Petsock, Warden, James E. McFetridge C.O. 1, Dewue Livingston, Sergeant, Sgt. Whitehouse

Citations

  • 917 F.2d 768
  • 17 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1151
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 18730
  • 1990 WL 161832

How courts have described this case

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  • committing the decision to 9 allow pleading amendments to the sound discretion of the district judge
  • affirming dismissal of prison superintendent for plaintiff's failure to state a claim because nothing in the record suggested the superintendent’s involvement in the alleged acts or his knowledge or acquiescence of those acts
  • affirming dismissal of prison superintendent for plaintiff's failure to state a claim because nothing in the record suggested the superintendent’s involvement in the alleged acts or his knowledge and acquiescence of those acts
  • denial of attempt to amend on the first day of trial affirmed

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Judges: Lumbard, Kearse, Winter

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