BROOKS v. ANDOLINA

Nos. 86-3621, 86-3652.

826 F.2d 1266 (1987)

George Rahsaan BROOKS v. Lt. ANDOLINA, Wilson Spencer, Paul Burgard, Capt. Tohey, Lawrence Weyandt, James Wigton, Russell Treece, George Petsock, Glen Jeffres, and Richard Thornburgh. Appeal of Lt. ANDOLINA, Wilson Spencer, Paul Burgard, Capt. Tohey, Lawrence Weyandt, James Wigton, Russell Treece, George Petsock and Glen Jeffres. George Rahsaan BROOKS, Appellant, v. Lt. ANDOLINA, Wilson Spencer, Paul Burgard, Capt. Tohey, Lawrence Weyandt, James Wigton, Russell Treece, George Petsock, Glen Jeffres, and Richard Thornburgh.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Jean O. Davin (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Donald P. Minahan, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Western Regional Office, Gregory R. Neuhauser, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Andrew S. Gordon, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Litigation Section Office of Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

Michael Stephen Antol, Neighborhood Legal Services Ass'n, Pittsburgh, Pa., James D. Crawford (argued), Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, STAPLETON, Circuit Judges, and BRODERICK, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Pennsylvania prison officials, appeal the order of the district court entering judgment in favor of plaintiff George Rahsaan Brooks, an inmate at the State Correctional Institute at Pittsburgh, S.C.I.P. Brooks appeals the award of damages. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982).

I.

On August 1, 1983, Brooks wrote a letter to Ms. Connie Craig, Coordinator...

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