Jones v. Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION *
2Per curiam
Marcellus Jones, a Pennsylvania inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, *592appeals from the District Court’s order granting summary judgment to the defendants. For the reasons set forth below, we will summarily affirm.
I
In May and June of 2011, Jones received numerous misconduct reports for spitting on or attempting to spit on staff members at the State Correctional Institute in Hun-tingdon (“SCI-Huntingdon”). Although the open side of his cell was almost completely covered with a plastic shield, Jones was able to spit at staff members through an approximately one-quarter inch…
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