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DEATH ROW PRISONERS OF PENNSYLVANIA v. RIDGE

Civil Action No. 96-3179.

948 F.Supp. 1282 (1996)

DEATH ROW PRISONERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, including, Michael Rainey, James Smith, Tyronne Moore, George Edwards, Scott Blystone and Roland Steele, for themselves and all other Pennsylvania Death Row Prisoners who are similarly situated, v. Thomas RIDGE, individually and in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Thomas Corbett, individually and in his official capacity as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Martin Horn, individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Other Employees and Officers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Whose Identities are Presently Not Known.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Brett Dunham, Billy H. Nolas, Michael Wiseman, David Wycoff, PA, Post-Conviction Defender Organization, Philadelphia, PA, Shelley Stark, Federal Public Defender's Office, Pittsburgh, PA, for Death Row Prisoners of Pennsylvania, including Michael Rainey.

Billy H. Nolas, Michael Wiseman, David Wycoff, PA Post-Conviction Defender Organization, Philadelphia, PA, for James Smith, Tyronne Moore, George Edwards, Scott Blystone, and Roland Steele.

Sarah B. Vandenbraak, Chief, Civil & Exceptional Litigation, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel J. Doyle, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Syndi L. Guido, Deputy General Counsel's Office, Harrisburg, PA, for Thomas Ridge and Martin Horn.

Sarah B. Vandenbraak, Chief, Civil & Exceptional Litigation, Philadelphia, PA, Amy Zapp, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel J. Doyle, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Syndi L. Guido, Deputy General Counsel's Office, Harrisburg, PA, for Thomas Corbett.

MEMORANDUM

PADOVA, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, death row prisoners in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, filed this action against sundry Commonwealth officials, seeking a declaratory judgement that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is not an "opt-in" jurisdiction as that term is used and understood in the context of the Habeas Corpus provisions of the recently enacted Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat...

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