BEERS-CAPITOL v. WHETZEL

No. 00-2479.

256 F.3d 120 (2001)

Amie Marie BEERS-CAPITOL; Aliya Tate, Appellants, v. Barry WHETZEL, an individual; Shirley Robinson, in her official capacity; Robert Liggett, in his individual and official capacity; Youth Development Center At New Castle; Nora Burley, in her individual and official capacity; Nick Pihiou, in his individual and official capacity; John Doe, in his/her individual and official capacity; Charles Lee Earnhart, in his individual and official capacity; Joseph Flecher, in his individual and official capacity (D.C. Civil No. 97-cv-00292). Aliya Tate, v. Barry Whetzel, in his individual capacity; Shirley Robinson, in her individual and official capacity; Robert Liggett, in his individual and official capacity; Youth Development Center At New Castle; John Doe, in his/her individual and official capacity, Nora Burley, in her individual and official capacity; Nick Pihiou, in his individual and official capacity (D.C. Civil No. 97-cv-00313).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara M. Wolvovitz, (Argued) Gary M. Lang, Feldstein, Grinberg, Stein & McKee, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellants.

D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, Howard G. Hopkirk, (Argued), Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General Chief, Appellate Litigation Section Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellees.

BEFORE: BECKER, Chief Judge, AMBRO and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Amie Marie Beers-Capitol and Aliya Tate, two female former residents at the Youth Development Center at New Castle, Pennsylvania (YDC), a detention facility for juveniles run by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, appeal from the District Court's grant of summary judgment against them in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit that they brought...

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