Legal Opinion
Demar Edwards v. County of Northampton
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 24, 2016No. 16-2601UnpublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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2Per curiam
Demar Edwards (“Edwards”) appeals from an order of the District Court granting summary judgment to defendants. We will summarily affirm.
In November 2012, Edwards, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Edwards averred violations of his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment and his First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to have “vital medical knowledge.” Edwards had recently undergone ankle surgery prior to his pretrial detention at Northampton County Prison in September 2010. Within a…
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