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Case Name	Richardson v. Kane	PC-PA-0035
Docket / Court	3:11-cv-02266-WJN-DB ( M.D. Pa. )
State/Territory	Pennsylvania
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	Washington Lawyers' Committee
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

General

Assault/abuse by residents/inmates/students

Conditions of confinement

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Bivens

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Federal Bureau of Prisons
Plaintiff Description	Male prisoner
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Washington Lawyers' Committee
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Unknown
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Filing Year	2011
Case Ongoing	Yes

Related Cases


Case Listing	PC-PA-0034 : Shelton v. Kane (M.D. Pa.)

Additional Resources


	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

Docket(s)

3:11-cv-02266-WJN-DB (M.D. Pa.)
PC-PA-0035-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/17/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Amended Complaint [ECF# 21] PC-PA-0035-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/27/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion [motion to dismiss denied in part and granted in part] [ECF# 39] (2013 WL 1452962) PC-PA-0035-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 04/09/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Staying Case [ECF# 54] (M.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0035-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/08/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Nealon, William Joseph Jr. (M.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0035-0002 \| PC-PA-0035-0003 \| PC-PA-0035-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Dermody, Francis J. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0035-9000
	Finkenstadt, Ivy (Virginia) PC-PA-0035-9000
	Morgan-Kurtz, Alexandra T. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0035-9000
	Tobin, Jennifer J. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0035-0001 \| PC-PA-0035-9000
	Walsh, Marybeth (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0035-9000
	Yeh, Su Ming (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0035-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Butler, Michael J. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0035-9000