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TILLERY v. OWENS

Civ. A. No. 87-1537.

719 F.Supp. 1256 (1989)

Major TILLERY, Victor Hassine, Kenneth Davenport, William Grandison, Nelson Charles Mikesell, and Ellis W. Matthews, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. David OWENS, Jr., in his official capacity as the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, George Petsock, in his official capacity as the Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, and Arnold Snitzer, M.D., in his official capacity as a member of medical staff of the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

As Amended September 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere Krakoff, Ed Koren, Nat. Prison Project, American Civil Liberties Union, Michael Antol, Neighborhood Legal Services, Edward Feinstein, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Kenneth J. Benson, Deputy Atty. Gen., for defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OPINION

COHILL, Chief Judge.

                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    I. INTRODUCTION .............................................. 1259

   II. THE STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AT PITTSBURGH .......... 1260

  III. STATE PRISONERS AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ........ 1260

       A. The Role of the Courts ................................. 1260
       B. The Scope of the Court's...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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