Atkinson v. Taylor

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 2003-01-21

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OPINION OF THE COURT O’NEILL, District Judge. This is an appeal from the District Court’s denial of appellants’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Appellee, an inmate of the Delaware Department of Correction, asserted civil rights infractions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , claiming that appellants 1) violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and…

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