Legal Opinion
Alston v. Parker
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 5, 2004No. 03-2683PublishedCited by 1,057 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
At the end of Gary Marshall Alston’s 17-year sentence in a New Jersey prison, he was involuntarily committed to Grey-stone Park Psychiatric Hospital. While there, Alston sued various Greystone employees in a pro se § 1983 complaint, raising several challenges with respect to his prison sentence and his psychiatric commitment. Before the merits of Alston’s claims could be tested, the District Court granted a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The Court concluded that Alston’s pleading did not meet the factual…
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