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MITCHELL v. HORN

No. 98-1932.

318 F.3d 523 (2003)

Mark MITCHELL, Appellant v. Martin F. HORN, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed January 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg H. Levy, Kevin C. Newsom (Argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

D. Michael Fisher, J. Bart DeLone (Argued), Calvin R. Koons, John G. Knorr, III, Office of Attorney General, Appellate Litigation Section, Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before ROTH, RENDELL and AMBRO, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

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...

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