Simmons v. Wolff’s Empirical Analysis
2009
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Haines v. Kerner · Farmer v. Brennan
Most-quoted passages
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“Deprivations such as infrequent or no visits from family ... simply do not meet the threshold of 'extreme deprivations' required to state an Eighth Amendment claim regarding conditions of prison confinement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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