31 F. Supp. 2d 301 - Wright v. Coughlin’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 28 U.S.C. § 1746 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald
Most-quoted passages
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“given the discretionary function of corrections officials which is inescapable in the language of the statute, only the provision of no education at all or education that was wholly unsuited to the goals of a particular inmate's socialization and rehabilitation trigger those protections.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Prison officials need not provide an educational program tailored to the specific needs and circumstances of the inmate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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