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BUSANET v. WETZEL
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 4, 2023No. 2:21-cv-04286Unknown
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSE BUSANET, : Plaintiff, : : v. : CIVIL ACTION : No. 21-4286 JOHN E. WETZEL and : PA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, : Defendants. : McHUGH, J. August 4, 2023 MEMORANDUM This is an action against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (“DOC”) and the former Secretary of the DOC, John E. Wetzel, alleging violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments brought by an individual who spent twenty years in solitary confinement. Plaintiff Jose Busanet alleges that Defendants kept him in solitary confinement despite…
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