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MURRAY v. NOVAK

Civ. A. No. 85-7072.

645 F.Supp. 883 (1986)

Stephen MURRAY v. Lt. NOVAK.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Young, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Ellis M. Saul, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Com. of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT

KATZ, District Judge.

On December 5, 1985, Lt. Novak, a Correctional Officer, confiscated the vest of Mr. Murray, an inmate of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford. Mr. Murray was wearing the distinctive clothing of an unassigned new inmate, so that the vest did not "go" with his other clothing, which consisted of denim pants and a long-sleeved shirt. Mr. Jones, a fellow inmate, had earlier given the sleeveless vest to...

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