Legal Opinion
Pressley v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 10, 2008No. 07-4193PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from the District Court’s grant of summary judgment. For the following reasons, we will summarily affirm. See 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6.
Sean Pressley, a state prisoner currently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, filed a civil rights action in the District Court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Named as defendants were various former employees/agents of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Pressley accused prison officials of violating his Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Pressley also made numerous allegations…
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