Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Robert Gatewood v. Edward J. Hendrick, Superintendent of County Prisons
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 13, 1967No. 15872_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This is in effect a civil action, quite improperly captioned, by Robert Gate-wood, a prisoner in the Philadelphia County Prison, for damages under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, for alleged deprivation under color of state law of rights secured by the federal Constitution and laws. What Gatewood complains of is alleged improper medical treatment by the prison authorities. This, however, if true was not a denial of rights secured by the federal Constitution or laws. Threatt v. State of North Carolina, D.C.N.C.1963, 221 F.Supp. 858. Gatewood’s…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. William Lawrence v. Joseph E. Ragen, Director of Department of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- William W. Snow v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden, Oregon State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Threatt v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1963
4Cited by30 opinions
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- Carl C. Coppinger v. Gene Townsend, M.D., and Wayne K. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- United States ex rel. Gittlemacker v. County of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- United States ex rel. Hyde v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- James Hoey Fear v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and R. K. Johnson, Warden, York County Prison, York, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
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