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Cleavinger v. Saxner, 474 U.S. 193 (1985)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Cleavinger v. Saxner, 474 U.S. 193 (1985)
Cleavinger v. Saxner No. 84-732 Argued October 16, 1985 Decided December 10, 1985 474 U.S. 193
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
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Respondent federal prison inmates were found guilty by the prison’s Discipline Committee, composed of petitioner prison officials, of encouraging other inmates to engage in a work stoppage and of other charges, and were ordered to be placed in administrative detention and to forfeit a specified number of days of "good time." On appeals to the Warden and the Regional Director of the Bureau of Prisons, respondents were ordered released from administrative detention and all material relevant to the incident in question was ordered expunged from their records. They were later paroled and released. But in the meantime, they brought suit in Federal District Court against petitioners, alleging a violation of various federal constitutional rights and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages. After initially dismissing the complaint on the ground that petitioners were entitled to absolute immunity from liability, the District Court, on reconsideration, reinstated the suit. The case was tried to a jury, which found that petitioners had violated respondents’ Fifth Amendment due process rights, and awarded damages. The Court of Appeals affirmed, rejecting petitioners’ claim for absolute immunity.
Held: Petitioners are entitled to only qualified immunity. Pp. 199-208.
727 F.2d 669, affirmed.
BLACKMUN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BRENNAN, MARSHALL, POWELL, STEVENS, and O’CONNOR, JJ., joined. REHNQUIST, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BURGER, C.J., and WHITE, J., joined, post, p. 208.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Cleavinger v. Saxner, 474 U.S. 193 (1985) in 474 U.S. 193 474 U.S. 194. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZWI9HZE7VE2G6G.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Cleavinger v. Saxner, 474 U.S. 193 (1985), in 474 U.S. 193, page 474 U.S. 194. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZWI9HZE7VE2G6G.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Cleavinger v. Saxner, 474 U.S. 193 (1985). cited in 1985, 474 U.S. 193, pp.474 U.S. 194. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZWI9HZE7VE2G6G.
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