Rittner v. Kinder’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Denton v. Hernandez · Abdul-Akbar v. McKelvie · Ciarpaglini v. Saini · Gibbs v. Cross
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“provision under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (g) because he has, on at least three prior occasions, filed a civil action or an appeal that has been dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. 1 To fall within the statutory exception to the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the threat or prison condition must be real and proximate and the danger of serious physical injury must exist at the time the complaint is filed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus a prisoner's assertion that he or she faced danger in the past is insufficient to invoke the exception.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.