Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Chester County Farms Prison
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-1754PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
The principal question raised by this motion to dismiss is whether the failure, either negligent or intentional, by the staff of a state prison facility to provide medication to an inmate for the control of his epileptic condition presents a claim cognizable under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 1985, and its jurisdictional counterparts, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343.
Accepting as true the allegations of the complaint and reasonable inferences deducible therefrom, as I must on a motion to dismiss, the facts giving rise to this suit may…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Kauffman v. MossCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- Darensbourg v. DufreneDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1978
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