Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Wetzel
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 20, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:16-CV-863PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge United States District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
Plaintiff Arthur Johnson (“Johnson” or “Mr. Johnson”) is a convicted murderer. He has been in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (“the Department”) since 1973, serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. For the past thirty-six years, the Department has held Mr. Johnson in solitary confinement—his entire existence restricted, for at least twenty-three hours per day, to an area smaller than the average horse stall. Astoundingly, Mr. Johnson continues to…
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