Legal Opinion

Joseph Carl Brown, and Paul Lyons v. Allyn R. Sielaff, Commissioner of Corrections of Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided February 23, 1973No. 72-1635PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

Appellant, a state prisoner, filed a complaint seeking injunctive relief and money damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against “Allyn R. Sielaff, Commissioner of Correction, et al., defendant,” alleging that he witnessed a disturbance in Graterford Prison, Philadelphia, on July 23, 1971, and that immediately thereafter was transported to another state prison, 1 where he was “compelled to suffer unwarranted solitary confinement under the directions of the defendant who is attempting to conceal abuse by his prison guards.” He also alleged that “all legal notes, books, history of…

3Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Lynch v. Household Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Henry Howell v. CataldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  4. Norman C. Gray, Jr. v. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. David Tyrrell v. Fred Speaker, Former Atty. General of Pa.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973

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4Cited by29 opinions

  1. Becton Dickinson and Company v. C.R. Bard, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
  2. Lynn Martin v. Selker Brothers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
  3. McMahon v. McDowellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
  4. United States v. Willie Bell, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  5. Jackson v. University of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987

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