Legal Opinion
Hoover v. Watson
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 24, 1995No. Civ. A. 94-179-RRMPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKELVIE, District Judge.
This is a civil rights case. At the time they filed their complaint, plaintiffs were pretrial detainees housed in the pre-trial building at Sussex Correctional Institution (“SCI”) in Georgetown, Delaware. Defendants are the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, the Governor of the State of Delaware, and the Warden, former Warden, and former acting Deputy Warden of SCI. On April 7, 1994, the court granted plaintiffs’ petition to proceed in forma pauperis and plaintiffs filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 which alleges various violations of their…
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