Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Andolina
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 17, 1987No. Nos. 86-3621, 86-3652PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Circuit Judge.
The defendants, Pennsylvania prison officials, appeal the order of the district court entering judgment in favor of plaintiff George Rahsaan Brooks, an inmate at the State Correctional Institute at Pittsburgh, S.C.I.P. Brooks appeals the award of damages. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982).
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On August 1, 1983, Brooks wrote a letter to Ms. Connie Craig, Coordinator of the Prisoners Branch of the NAACP, complaining that a female prison guard had searched one of his visitors in a very seductive manner. In the letter Brooks asserted…
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