Legal Opinion
Ray v. Robinson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 9, 1981No. 80-1780PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
I
Appellant, Robert Allen Ray, is one of five prisoners in the State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who brought a Civil Rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 against various state officials alleging that defendants’ enforcement of a prison rule prohibiting the covering of doors and windows, confinement of inmates to cells with inadequate floor space, and retaliation against prisoners who filed administrative complaints violated the prisoners’ constitutional rights. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by60 opinions
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