MIMS v. SHAPP

No. 75-2174.

541 F.2d 415 (1976)

Jeffrey Roger MIMS, et al., Appellants, v. Milton SHAPP, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Gettleman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

Frederick R. Nene, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before VAN DUSEN, GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order dismissing a Civil Rights Act complaint seeking injunctive relief and damages. The suit was filed by nine inmates confined in the Behavioral Adjustment Unit (B.A.U.) at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh. The B.A.U. is a separate housing unit to which are transferred prisoners considered to have behavioral...

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