Legal Opinion
Atkinson v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 21, 2003No. 01-2955PublishedCited by 331 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’NEILL, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the District Court’s denial of appellants’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Appellee, an inmate of the Delaware Department of Correction, asserted civil rights infractions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that appellants 1) violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment by exposing him to environmental tobacco smoke (“ETS”) that created a serious medical need and posed an unreasonable risk of harm (Count I) and 2) retaliated and used excessive force against him for filing…
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