Bistrian v. Levi’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4042 (Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021) · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Farmer v. Brennan · Bell v. Wolfish
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Bergos [sic], Bowns, Gibbs, Jezior, Levi, McLaughlin, Robinson, and Rodgers knew of the note-passing scheme and were aware of the risk [Bistrian] faced once his cooperation ... was discovered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bistrian v. Levi“regarding whether [in sending Bistrian to the SHU for the fourth time] Jezior and Levi expressly intended to punish him for his protests to the Court[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bistrian v. Levi“put forth evidence showing that he was incarcerated under conditions posing a substantial risk of serious harm[,]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bistrian v. Levi
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.