102 F. Supp. 2d 157 - Benjamin v. Kerik’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3626 (§ 20409 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Bell v. Wolfish · Turner v. Safley · Sandin v. Conner · Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“current obstacles to attorney visitation are not justified by legitimate penal interests.... [T]he Department's facilities are frequently inadequate for counsel visits and defendants' institutional security regulations are not the sole or even the primary reason for undue delays to attorney visits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“necessary to correct a current and ongoing violation of the Federal right, extends no further than necessary to correct the violation of the Federal right, and... [was] narrowly drawn and the least intrusive means to correct the violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[d]espite the formal characterization of restraint status and Red I.D. status as a non- punitive safety measure... these sanctions... have a severe and deleterious effect on pretrial detainees tantamount to punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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