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HELMS v. HEWITT

No. 80-2393.

655 F.2d 487 (1981)

HELMS, Aaron, Appellant, v. HEWITT, Lowell D., Supt.; Kyler, B. B., CO III; Stotelmyer, R. E., Major; Smith, B. K., Counselor III; Hileman, K. R., Farm Manager; Erhard, D. R., Deputy Supt. for Treatment; Henry, T. W., Director of Treatment; Mateer, W. W., C. I. Manager.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Fishman (argued), Keystone Legal Services, Inc., State College, Pa., for appellant.

Francis R. Filipi, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Harvey Bartle, III, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before GARTH and ROSENN, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to adjust the tensions between the necessity for efficient and orderly administration of state prisons on the one hand and the protection of important constitutional interests of their inmates on the other. The plaintiff, Aaron Helms, filed this action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) requesting damages and...

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