Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Ridge
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 16, 1997No. Civ.A. 96-6096PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Anita B. BRODY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Keith A. Robinson (“Robinson”) claims that defendants Governor Tom Ridge, Department of Corrections commissioner Martin Horn, SCI Graterford Superintendent Donald Vaughn, and a number of unnamed correctional officers, state police offieers, and others, violated his civil rights, as protected by 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Pennsylvania Constitution, when his cell at SCI ' Graterford was searched and certain property confiscated in connection with a an institution-wide search during a state of emergency. 1 Robinson specifically alleges…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
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