DeMoss v. Crain’s Empirical Analysis
636 F.3d 145 · 2011
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Turner v. Safley · Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson Director Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction · Sossamon v. Lone Star
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“due deference to the experience and expertise of prison and jail administrators in establishing necessary regulations and procedures to maintain good order, security and discipline, consistent with consideration of costs and limited resources.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The district court heard testimony from several prison officials explaining why neither of DeMoss’s proposed alternatives to the grooming policy — allowing a religious exemption or allowing all inmates to grow one-quarter-inch beards — satisfied the prison's compelling security concerns.”); McRae, 261 Fed.Appx. at 557 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Couch v. Jabe
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.