Perkins v. Wagner

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

While in state custody and awaiting trial, plaintiff claimed that defendants, the warden of the Berks County Prison and his deputy, subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment by denying him visitation rights with his wife, also his co-defendant in the state proceedings. Defendants’ conduct, contends plaintiff, violated state law by depriving him of the opportunity to have con fidential communications with his co-defendant and to establish a unified, coordinated defense. Plaintiff also complained that, during the three months in which defendant…