Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

McCarthy v. Bronson

McCarthy v. Bronson
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 10, 1990
498 U.S. 1011; 111 S. Ct. 578 (United States Reports)

McCarthy v. Bronson

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 2d Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Whether 28 U. S. C. § 636(b)(1)(B), which authorizes a district court to refer, without the parties’ consent, to a magistrate for recommended findings a prisoner petition that challenges ‘conditions of confinement’ applies to cases challenging a specific episode of allegedly unconstitutional conduct rather than continuing prison conditions.”

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