Legal Opinion
Mark Mitchell v. Martin F. Horn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 29, 2003No. 98-1932PublishedCited by 1,110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Mark Mitchell, a Pennsylvania inmate acting pro se, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming violations of his First, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. He alleges that a correctional officer planted contraband near his locker because he filed complaints against that officer, that he was denied a fair hearing on the contraband charges, and that, as. a result, he was placed in disciplinary confinement for several months, including four days in a cell that was smeared with feces and infested with flies and in which he could not eat,…
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