Legal Opinion
Costa v. County of Burlington
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided November 5, 2008No. Civil Action 07-0904 (JEI)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IRENAS, Senior District Judge.
This is an action by Plaintiff Robert J. Costa, Jr. under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Plaintiff brings this action both individually and in his capacity as administrator for the estate of Angel Lee Powell-Costa, deceased. The complaint alleges various forms of misconduct by Defendants resulting in Ms. Powell-Costa’s death via illness while incarcerated.
Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs appeal from the decisions of Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider as to the scope of discovery and attorney access to potential inmate-witnesses. For the reasons…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Robert Spruill v. Frank Gillis Goolier, C.O. McGlaughlin M.D. Brown, P.ACourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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