Legal Opinion
James Hoey Fear v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and R. K. Johnson, Warden, York County Prison, York, Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 17, 1969No. 17570_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The appellant, an inmate at the York County Prison in Pennsylvania, filed a complaint in the court below seeking damages and injunctive relief against the prison warden and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for “a denial of medical care.” The jurisdiction of the court was invoked under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
The complaint alleged that the appellant was transferred from the state correctional institution at Graterford to York at a time when his fractured wrist, then in a cast, required medical treatment. When appellant’s requests for return to…
3Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Robert Gatewood v. Edward J. Hendrick, Superintendent of County PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
4Cited by40 opinions
- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- William Oscar Hampton v. Holmesburg Prison Officials. Appeal of Richard BurkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Henry Howell v. CataldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Leroy Thompson v. Parole Supervisor Burke, Pennsylvania Parole Board Member Jefferson, and Parole Agent StricklerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Eugene Barnes v. Sam Elmer DorseyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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