Legal Opinion
Wojtczak v. Cuyler
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 21, 1979No. Civ. A. 76-3087PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This case raises the interesting question whether a long-term prison inmate segregated in a maximum-security housing unit at his own request for his own protection can nonetheless require prison authorities to afford him certain of the rights and privileges of inmates in the general prison population. For reasons which will in due course appear, we hold that, at least in some respects, he can.
Plaintiff is an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania (Graterford). In August, 1975, he was…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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