YOUNG v. BERKS COUNTY PRISON

Civil Action No. 95-6868.

940 F.Supp. 121 (1996)

Mark Eric YOUNG v. BERKS COUNTY PRISON, George A. Wagner, David Bucks, Robert Nichols, Elliot S. Werst, Sgt. James Tyrrell, Lt. Gregg Pomian, Lt. Barry Lease, Lester Riegel, Officer White.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

September 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Young, Frackville, PA, Pro Se.

Donald E. Wieand, Jr., Weaver, Mosebach, Piosa, Hixson & Marles, Allentown, PA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

JOYNER, District Judge.

Today we address Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's claim that the conditions of his imprisonment amounted to "cruel and unusual punishment" in violation of the United States Constitution. Specifically, Plaintiff Mark Eric Young ("Young") alleges that Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by denying him proper clothing when he was incarcerated at Berks County Prison. Because (1) part of Plaintiff...

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