Legal Opinion
Gay v. Merritt
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 25, 1985No. Civ. A. No. 83-1391PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LUONGO, Chief Judge.
This is a pro se civil rights case filed by a prisoner against an employee of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia. The gravamen of plaintiff’s complaint is that defendant violated his right of access to the courts by refusing to file motions submitted by plaintiff to the Clerk of Quarter Sessions. On November 2,1983 I denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint on the basis of the then-existing record. Gay v. Merritt, 574 F.Supp. 105 (E.D.Pa.1983). Since that time I have ruled in a related case that the documents plaintiff sought in his motion to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kershner v. MazurkiewiczCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Hudson v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Sarah Viger v. Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Gay v. WatkinsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
- Gay v. MerrittDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
3Cited by2 opinions
- Saint Joseph's Hospital v. Department of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania (In Re Saint Joseph's Hospital)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Gay v. MerrittCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986