¶1C. A. 2d Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Whether 28 U. S. C. § 636(b)(1)(B), which authorizes a district court to refer, without the parties’ consent, to a magistrate for recommended findings a prisoner petition that challenges ‘conditions of confinement’ applies to cases challenging a specific episode of allegedly unconstitutional conduct rather than continuing prison conditions.”
498 U.S. 1011
McCarthy v. Bronson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 10, 1990
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1990-12-10
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1990-12-10
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207 federal appellate · 51 district · 35 state decisions — followed in 20 states
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