Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. Jennings
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 9, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-1235PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MASTERSON, District Judge.
Pursuant to our Opinion and Order of June 23, 1970 (see 314 F.Supp. 588, the plaintiff has filed an amended Civil Rights complaint in which he seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis.1 The amended complaint retains Warden Jennings as the only defendant and seeks $50,000 in damages for alleged violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
Essentially, plaintiff complains that for ten (10) consecutive days, while he was being treated at the Chester County Medical Center,2 he was not allowed,. to/ correspond with or receive correspond-'…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- R. W. Agnew v. City of Compton, a Municipal Corporation H. R. Lindemulder and Frank SpragueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Pugliano v. StaziakDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- U. S. Ex Rel. Brzozowski v. RandallDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- Shaffer v. JenningsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
3Cited by1 opinion
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