Legal Opinion
Rhodes v. Robinson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 28, 1979No. 78-2525PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Chief Judge.
Appellant, Jerry Wayne Rhodes, a prisoner at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, filed this suit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) to redress a series of violations of his constitutional rights. The complaint includes ten claims and names as defendants the commissioner of Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Corrections, the superintendent and two deputy superintendents of the Huntingdon facility, and several of Huntingdon’s officers and guards. The complaint prayed for declaratory and injunctive relief and for damages.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by83 opinions
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- Smith v. MaschnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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