Legal Opinion
Reynolds v. Bucks
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 1, 1993No. Civ. A. 93-2548PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BARTLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff inmates instituted this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1 against officials of the Berks County Prison and the Berks County Board of Prison Inspectors. At that time, the four plaintiffs were incarcerated in Berks County Prison; however, two plaintiffs have since been released. Plaintiffs allege that the Berks County Prison’s recently implemented no smoking policy violates their constitutional lights under the Fifth, Fourteenth and Eighth Amendments. The defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) of the…
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