Harris v. Yeager

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

COHEN, District Judge:

Cross motions, supported by affidavits and memoranda, are here presented for summary judgment. From the undisputed record, it appears that the plaintiff Roscoe, Joseph Harris, an inmate of the New Jersey State Prison, alleges violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343, 2 in that the administrative policy of the prison provides for the withholding of 200 on the dollar of an inmate’s monthly earnings until the sum of $10.00 has been accumulated, which moneys are deposited in a savings account for the benefit of…