Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Palackovich
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 19, 2008No. 06-2060UnpublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
Claudio Hernandez, a partially blind prisoner in Pennsylvania, filed a pro se § 1983 complaint against several correctional facility officials, medical personnel and Holy Spirit Hospital alleging that the defendants violated his constitutional rights under the Eight Amendment by knowingly mistreating an eye condition and refusing to perform a recommended surgery that could have saved his sight. When Hernandez failed to respond to the Defendants’ motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim, the District Court dismissed Hernandez’s pro se complaint…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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