Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Whitman
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 17, 2001No. CIV.A.99-544(JEI)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IRENAS, District Judge:
Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment of Plaintiff Peter Joe Rivera’s § 1983 action. This Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs’ suit is dismissed without prejudice.
I. BACKGROUND
Peter Joe Rivera (“Plaintiff’) is an inmate presently incarcerated at Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey. He brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his constitutional rights. Plaintiff named seventeen defendants in this action,…
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