(DOWNLOAD) "Mitchell V. Horn" by Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Mitchell V. Horn
- Author : Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 29, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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Mark Mitchell, a Pennsylvania inmate acting pro se, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming violations of his First, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. He alleges that a correctional officer planted contraband near his locker because he filed complaints against that officer, that he was denied a fair hearing on the contraband charges, and that, as a result, he was placed in disciplinary confinement for several months, including four days in a cell that was smeared with feces and infested with flies and in which he could not eat, drink, or sleep. The District Court dismissed Mitchell's complaint sua sponte the day it was filed without requiring service on the defendants. For the reasons below, we reverse the District Court's judgment and remand for further proceedings.