Legal Opinion
Pifcho v. Brewer
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 15, 1977No. Civ. No. 75-1352PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEALON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, presently confined at the State Correctional Institution in Dallas, Pa., brought this action pro se regarding the conditions of confinement while plaintiff was a pretrial detainee at Wyoming County Prison. Of the four defendants originally named in this action, only the prison Warden remains. The motion to dismiss was denied this defendant on the ground that the cumulative effect of conditions as alleged could constitute cruel and unusual punishment.1 As stated at that time,
*357“[t]he Court cannot and will not ignore these allegations, especially…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- William Oscar Hampton v. Holmesburg Prison Officials. Appeal of Richard BurkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Salvadore Rotolo v. The Borough of Charleroi (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Bienvenido Diaz v. Schwerman Trucking CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- MacArthur v. San Juan CountyDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2005
- Fernandez-Lopez v. Fernandez-Lopez (In Re Fernandez-Lopez)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Loe v. WilkinsonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
- Fish v. RistvedtDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 2002
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