Alston, et al. v. Read, et al., No. 10-15332 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant and a group of allegedly similarly situated state prisoners brought suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against defendants, alleging that they were overdetained in violation of federal and state law. At issue was whether state prison officials had a clearly established duty to seek out original court records in response to a prisoner's unsupported assertion that he was being overdetained in violation of the United States Constitution. The court held that there was no clearly established duty on a prison official to review a prisoner's original court records beyond those in his institutional file on the facts of this case. Thus, defendants were entitled to qualified immunity.
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