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NETTLES v. RUNDLE

No. 18450.

453 F.2d 889 (1971)

James Edward NETTLES, Appellant, v. Alfred T. RUNDLE, Warden and Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert G. Kenne, Jr., Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Herman Rosenberger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa. (J. Shane Creamer, Atty. Gen., Herbert Monheit, Asst. Atty. Gen., by Larry Elliot Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and HASTIE, Circuit Judge, and HERMAN, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This action for damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has been brought by a state prisoner against prison authorities. It charges the defendants with negligence in connection with medical treatment requested and needed by the prisoner. The complaint also contains an allegation that medical attention was withheld because the plaintiff refused to sign a document waiving any claim for injury that might result...

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