MACGUIRE

v.

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK SECURITY COMPLEX

Citator

Cited By

• Lujan v. Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n, 497 U.S. 871 (U.S. 1990)
  …1987) (“[N]o particular form of words is necessary to render a filing a ‘motion.’ Any submission signed by a party that may fairly be read as a request to the district court to exercise its discretionary powers . . . should suffice”), cert. denied, 484 U. S. 1014 (1988); Smith v. Danyo, 585 F. 2d 83, 86 (CA3 1978) (“Rule 7(b) requires no more than that... a motion ‘state with particularity the grounds’ upon which it is based. Plainly, an affidavit which is filed to obtain an order disqualifying a judge satis…
• Terrell v. R.D. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1991)
  …ected to have Brewer dismissed with prejudice. Dismissal was proper in both instances. We join other circuits in holding that respondeat superior is inapplicable to Bivens actions. Noll v. Petrovsky, 828 F. 2d 461, 462 (8th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1014, 108 S.Ct. 718, 98 L.Ed.2d 668 (1988); Lojuk v. Quandt, 706 F. 2d 1456, 1468 (7th Cir.1983); Miller v. Barry, 698 F. 2d 1259, 1260 (D.C.Cir.1983) (per curiam); Boykin v. District of Columbia, 689 F. 2d 1092, 1097-99 (D.C.Cir.1982), disagreed with in…
• United States v. Detrich, 940 F.2d 37 (2d Cir. 1991)
  …irling v. Chemical Bank, 511 F. 2d 1030, 1032 (2d Cir.1975) (“Appellant’s plea for an extension of time nunc pro tunc ... is addressed to the wrong forum.”), overruled on other grounds by Campos v. LeFevre, 825 F. 2d 671 (2d Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1014, 108 S.Ct. 718, 98 L.Ed.2d 667 (1988). Nonetheless, the pleadings of a pro se inmate are to be construed liberally. United States v. Eatinger, 902 F. 2d 1383, 1385 (9th Cir.1990). We might, therefore, treat the November 5 letter as a request for…