BEST v. MARCUS O. HICKS

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY JOHN BEST, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 22-06911 (ZNQ) (RLS) v. OPINION FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORECTIONS MARCUS O. HICKS, et al., Defendants. QURAISHI, District Judge Plaintiff John Best, a former inmate at South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, New Jersey, brought this civil rights action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and the New Jersey Civil Rights Act (“NJCRA”),

N.J. Stat. Ann. § 10:6-1

et seq. for alleged unconstitutional conduct of the defendants that began on December 7, 2020. (Am. Compl., ECF No.…