GRAYSON v. MAYVIEW STATE HOSP.

No. 99-3980.

293 F.3d 103 (2002)

Norman GRAYSON, Appellant v. MAYVIEW STATE HOSPITAL; Allegheny County Jail; Camp Hill Prison United States of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: June 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Winkelman, J. Denny Shupe (Argued), Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Counsel for Appellant.

John G. Knorr, III, Calvin R. Koons, J. Bart DeLone (Argued), Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellees Mayview State Hospital and Camp Hill Prison.

David W. Gray, Jeanette H. Ho (Argued), Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellee Allegheny County Jail.

Richard A. Olderman, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Counsel for Intervenor United States of America.

Before: SCIRICA, AMBRO and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

Norman Grayson, an inmate at various times of the three institutions named as defendants, brought this pro se damages action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The District Court granted Grayson leave to proceed in forma pauperis, but denied his further request for appointed legal counsel. Upon...

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