ELLERBE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Knight v. Mills, 836 F.2d 659 (1st Cir. 1987)
  …Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563, 95 S.Ct. 2486, 45 L.Ed.2d 396 (1975), Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307, 102 S.Ct. 2452, 73 L.Ed.2d 28 (1982), Ohlinger v. Watson, 652 F. 2d 775 (9th Cir.1980) and Woe v. Cuomo, 729 F. 2d 96 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 936, 105 5.Ct. 339, 83 L.Ed.2d 274 (1984).10 However, while these cases discuss the right to treatment during various types of confinement, Knight has directed us to no Supreme Court authority, or decision of this court, which holds that the denial of p…

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• DOE v. Gaughan, 808 F.2d 871 (1st Cir. 1986)
  …ll patients at Department of Mental Health facilities. There is no constitutional requirement, however, that all mental patients in state-run hospitals receive the same rights or care. See Woe v. Cuomo, 729 F. 2d 96, 103 (2d Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 936, 105 S.Ct. 339, 83 L.Ed.2d 274 (1985). Massachusetts has made a sufficient showing here that its distinctions in the privi [*882] leges accorded patients are related to the severity of their illness, their violent propensities, and the type of treat…
• Wycoff v. Crispus NIX, 869 F.2d 1111 (8th Cir. 1989)
  …, 103 S.Ct. 77, 74 L.Ed.2d 74 (1982). A conflict of interest rises to the level of a Sixth Amendment violation if an actual conflict of interest adversely affected the lawyer’s performance. U.S. v. Peeler, 738 F. 2d 246 (8th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 936, 105 S.Ct. 339, 83 L.Ed.2d 274 (1984). We find thére was no actual conflict of interest that adversely affected the lawyer’s performance in this case.2 Actual conflict of interest is absent in our case because counsels’ representation of a guard in…