AFRICA v. HORN

No. CIV. A. 96-8646.

998 F.Supp. 557 (1998)

Charles Sims AFRICA v. Commissioner Martin HORN, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Sims Africa, Graterford, PA, pro se.

Claudia M. Tesoro, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

WALDMAN, District Judge.

Presently before the court is defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Plaintiff, an inmate at SCI Graterford, has alleged that his placement in the Restricted Housing Unit ("RHU") because of his refusal to take a tuberculosis test violated his First Amendment rights and subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment.

In considering a motion for summary judgment, the court...

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