Legal Opinion
Payton v. Vaughn
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 10, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-7950PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
KATZ, District Judge.
Defendants Donald Vaughn, William Winder, and Thomas Stachelek have moved for Summary Judgment in the above captioned case. For the following reasons, the motion will be granted.
Plaintiff, a prisoner at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (“SCIG”), has sued Donald Vaughn, Superintendent of SCIG; William Winder, Deputy Superintendent of Operations; and Thomas Stache-lek, Deputy Superintendent of Treatment Services, for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the eighth amendment; and the fourth amendment. Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that certain…
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