22 Cited authorities

  1. Estelle v. Gamble

    429 U.S. 97 (1976)   Cited 55,559 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government has an obligation to provide medical care to incarcerated persons
  2. Hudson v. Palmer

    468 U.S. 517 (1984)   Cited 12,518 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy
  3. Rizzo v. Goode

    423 U.S. 362 (1976)   Cited 13,416 times
    Holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain injunctive relief against senior police officials to impose tighter police discipline to prevent harm to civilians
  4. Chance v. Armstrong

    143 F.3d 698 (2d Cir. 1998)   Cited 2,963 times
    Holding that "[t]he standard for Eighth Amendment violations contemplates ‘a condition of urgency’ that may result in ‘degeneration’ or ‘extreme pain’ "
  5. Freeman v. Rideout

    808 F.2d 949 (2d Cir. 1986)   Cited 1,403 times
    Holding that, so long as certain procedural requirements are satisfied, mere allegations of falsified evidence or misconduct reports, without more, does not state a claim
  6. Macias v. Zenk

    495 F.3d 37 (2d Cir. 2007)   Cited 395 times
    Holding that informal complaints alerting prison officials to nature of grievance were not "proper exhaustion"
  7. Ormiston v. Nelson

    117 F.3d 69 (2d Cir. 1997)   Cited 220 times
    Holding that the statute of limitations for a § 1983 action, arising from events in New York, is New York's three-year limitations period applicable to personal injury actions
  8. Joyner v. Greiner

    195 F. Supp. 2d 500 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)   Cited 163 times
    Holding that defendant's affirmed denial of plaintiff's grievance is insufficient to establish personal involvement
  9. O'Brien v. Natl. Property Analysts

    719 F. Supp. 222 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)   Cited 227 times
    Holding that no liability attaches where accountant specifically attributes its financial assumptions to documents given to it by representatives of the limited partnership
  10. Barrett v. United States

    689 F.2d 324 (2d Cir. 1982)   Cited 213 times
    Holding that a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 survived injured party's death
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 493,132 times   696 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 351,086 times   937 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  13. Section 1997e - Suits by prisoners

    42 U.S.C. § 1997e   Cited 54,398 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prisoners must exhaust "available" administrative remedies before filing suit in federal court