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UNITED STATES EX REL. WALKER v. FAYETTE CTY., PA.

No. 76-2492.

599 F.2d 573 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Lawrence WALKER a/k/a Salam Bey, Appellant, Pro Se v. FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, et al., Fayette County Board of Prison Inspectors et al., Fayette County Prison et al., Charles Matchey, Warden, James Clark, Deputy Warden, Dr. Rudolph Medlin, Prison Physician, and Fayette County Sheriff's Office et al., All of 12 Court Street, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Walker, pro se.

Philip T. Warman, Warman & Warman, Uniontown, Pa., for appellees.

Before ALDISERT, VAN DUSEN and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

Submitted on Appellant's Brief Only June 7, 1979.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

The question is whether a state prisoner's complaint that prison officials denied him medical care states a claim upon which relief can be granted. We hold that it does and reverse the judgment of the district court dismissing the complaint.

Because of the posture of this case, the district court had to accept as true the following allegations of the pro...

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