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WRIGHT v. CUYLER

Nos. 79-1223, 79-1224.

624 F.2d 455 (1980)

WRIGHT, Thomas, Appellant, v. CUYLER, Julius T. et al., Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Appellees. WRIGHT, Thomas, Appellant, v. ROBINSON, William B., Commissioner of the Bureau of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Cuyler, Julius T., Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa.; Sims, Daniel T., Deputy Superintendent of Treatment of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa.; Reid, Lawrence, Director of Treatment of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1980.

As Amended July 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Vaccaro, John O. J. Shellenberger, Asst. Attys. Gen., Eastern Regional Director, Edward G. Biester, Jr., Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Robert T. Cohen, John W. Morris, Pierson, Jones, Nelson & Shalita, P. C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Before ALDISERT, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) April 24, 1980.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

These are two consolidated appeals taken by Thomas Wright from the district court's dismissal of his two civil rights actions. The district court determined that Wright, a prisoner, was attempting to challenge the duration of his confinement, and was therefore required, under Preiser v. Rodriguez, ...

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