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WRIGHT v. CUYLER

Civ. A. Nos. 78-1520, 78-2301.

517 F.Supp. 637 (1981)

Thomas WRIGHT v. Julius T. CUYLER, individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford. Thomas WRIGHT v. William B. ROBINSON, Commissioner of the Bureau of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Julius T. Cuyler, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institute at Graterford, Pa., Daniel T. Sims, Deputy Superintendent of Treatment of the State Correctional Institute at Graterford, Pa., Lawrence Reid, Director of Treatment of the State Correctional Institute at Graterford, Pa.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Carl Vaccaro, Deputy Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

Plaintiff in these consolidated civil rights actions, a state prisoner, alleges that defendants, various officials of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections, violated his constitutional rights by denying his application to participate in a pre-release program. Wright seeks declaratory and injunctive relief prohibiting defendants from further violations of his rights, and compensatory and punitive damages. Defendants now move...

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