JENKINS v. MORTON

No. 97-5801.

148 F.3d 257 (1998)

Hassan JENKINS, Appellant, v. Willis MORTON, as an individual and in his official capacity as Administrator, New Jersey State Prison; Shirley Tyler, as an individual and in her official capacity as Assistant Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison; J. McGovern, as an individual and in his official capacity as Disciplinary Hearing Officer.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hassan Jenkins, Appellant pro se.

Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald L. Bollheimer, Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Trenton, NJ, for Appellees.

Before: GREENBERG, SCIRICA, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.


Submitted under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) June 11, 1998.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Hassan Jenkins, an inmate at the New Jersey State Prison, proceeding in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on August 13, 1997, against appellees Willis E. Morton, individually and as administrator of the prison, Shirley Tyler, individually and as assistant superintendent...

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