John Snow v. E.K. McDaniel
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In Cion Peralta v. T. Dillard, the en banc Ninth Circuit overruled Snow only insofar as it barred consideration of resource constraints in damages claims against officials who lack authority over budgeting decisions; Snow's rule remains intact for prospective relief. The one confirmed treatment is listed below.
720 later cases cite John Snow v. E.K. McDaniel; 402 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
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The en banc Ninth Circuit overruled Snow to the extent it barred consideration of resource constraints in damages claims against an individual prison official who lacks authority over budgeting decisions.
Cion Peralta v. T. Dillard · Ninth Circuit (en banc) · filed
To the extent Jones and Snow can be read to apply to monetary damages against an official who lacks authority over budgeting decisions, they are overruled.
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