Supplement 2/2/1981

I. CIVIL RIGHTS STATUTES: JURISDICTION

42 U.S.C. SECTION 1983

Maine v. Thiboutot,

U.S.

100 S.Ct.

2502 (1980) ("And laws" in 42 U.S.C. Section
1983 not limited to laws relating to civil
rights and equal protection).

42 U.S.C. SECTION 1981

See 15 Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review #1, Spring 1980, p. 29 "Developments in the Law Section 1981."

Fiedler v. Marumsco Christian Sch., 631 F.2d 1144 (4th Cir. 1980). (White person can sue under Section 1981).

42 U.S.C. SECTION 1985 (3)

Conclusory allegations of conspiracy insufficient. Robinson v. McCorkle, 462 F.2d 111, 113 (3d Cir. 1972), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1042, 93 S. Ct. 529, 34 L.Ed.2d 492 (1972).

Bethel v. Jendoco Constr. Corp., 570 F.2d 1168
(3d Cir. 1978).

II.

Supplement 2/2/1981

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS: CIVIL RIGHTS AND HABEAS
CORPUS COMPARED

A.

Determination Whether Action is Habeas Corpus
or Civil Rights.

Showing of unconstitutional conditions of
confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment
will not entitle a prisoner to release from
custody. His appropriate remedy is injunctive
relief, Cook v. Hansberry, 596 F.2d 658 (5th Cir.
1979), cert. denied,
U.S.
99 S.Ct.
(1979); Crawford v.

2866,

L.Ed 2d

Bell, 599 F.2d 890 (9th Cir. 1979) n. 1,
citing Bell v. Wolfish.

Civil Rights action for damages can go forward while prisoner exhausting state remedies as to habeas issues, Smallwood v. Mo. Bd. of Probation and Parole, 587 F.2d 369 (8th Cir. 1978).

Challenge to denial of admission to home
furlough program is civil rights rather than
habeas. Thomas v. Julius,
(3d Cir. 6/30/1980).

F.2d

Complaint seeking release from administrative
segregation allegedly imposed without due
process habeas rather than Section 1983
(dictum). Streeter v. Hopper, 618 F.2d 1178
(5th Cir. 1980).

Action seeking procedures for release on home
furlough program, etc., improperly treated as
habeas rather than civil rights. Wright v.
Cuyler, 624 F.2d 455 (3d Cir. 1980).

Action for new parole release hearing was
habeas. Brown v. Vermillion, 593 F.2d 321
(8th Cir. 1979).

Action challenging disciplinary proceedings
which resulted in loss of good time credits
was habeas. Johnson v. Hardy, 601 F.2d 172
(5th Cir. 1979).

Action challenging manner in which good time
credits were lost was habeas. Keenan v.
Bennett, 613 F.2d 127 (5th Cir. 1980).