Legal Opinion
Sharp v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 9, 2012No. 08-2174PublishedCited by 288 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Shawn Sharp, an inmate in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (“DOC”), brought this civil rights action in November 2000 claiming that two prison facilities (SCI-Pittsburgh and SCI-Greene) unlawfully denied his request to accommodate his particular religious group. 1 After years of motions practice, in which several of Sharp’s claims were dismissed, Sharp’s remaining two claims proceeded to a three-day bench trial before the Magistrate Judge. 2 They were: (1) a claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that Defendants’ policies and…
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