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SHOATS v. HORN

No. 99-3603.

213 F.3d 140 (2000)

Russell SHOATS, Appellant v. Martin HORN, in his official capacity as the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; Philip Johnson, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Greene

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 23, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kovalik (Argued), Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellant.

John G. Knorr, III (Argued), J. Bart DeLone, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.

Before: MANSMANN, NYGAARD and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Russell Shoats is currently imprisoned in the State Correctional Institution at Greene, Pennsylvania ("SCI-Greene"), and brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He challenges his continued confinement in administrative custody, i.e., solitary confinement. Shoats claims that Appellees, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Philip Johnson, Superintendent of SCI-Greene...

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