FREEMAN v. PETSOCK

Nos. 87-3040, 87-8008.

820 F.2d 628 (1987)

Matthew FREEMAN, Appellant, v. George PETSOCK, Lt. Smith, Commissioner of Corrections, Glenn R. Jeffes, Lt. Smith, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Freeman, pro se.

Shelia M. Ford, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit Rule 12(6) March 5, 1987.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

I.

Plaintiff Matthew Freeman, a prisoner at the State Correctional Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has filed a notice of appeal from a district court order affirming as on appeal a magistrate's order denying Freeman's motion for a new trial. Because we conclude sua sponte that the district court had no jurisdiction to...

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