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WOJTCZAK v. CUYLER

Civ. A. No. 76-3087.

480 F.Supp. 1288 (1979)

Richard WOJTCZAK, Plaintiff, v. Julius T. CUYLER, Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

As Amended December 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmond A. Tiryak, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Jerry I. Drew, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pennsylvania Dept. of Justice, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. Preliminary Statement

This case raises the interesting question whether a long-term prison inmate segregated in a maximum-security housing unit at his own request for his own protection can nonetheless require prison authorities to afford him certain of the rights and privileges of inmates in the general prison population. For reasons which will in due course appear, we hold that, at...

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