HIGGINS v. BEYER

No. 99-5556.

293 F.3d 683 (2002)

Vincent M. HIGGINS, Appellant, v. Howard L. BEYER, Department of Corrections; William F. Plantier; Grace Rogers; James Dooley; Thomas Moran; Daniel Barrajas; Lillyanne D. Yeager; Linda Cook; Frank Bruno; Anselm Jeeveratnam; Margaret C. Zorsky; Brenda Gibb; Gwinn Goode; Joseph Doe, (last name a fictitious name), in their individual capacity, jointly, severally or in the alternative.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. William Livingston, Jr., Jennifer E. Schwartz (argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for appellant.

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, Michael J. Hass, Jeffrey K. Gladden (argued), Trenton, New Jersey, for appellees.

Before: SLOVITER, BARRY, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge.

Vincent M. Higgins appeals from the dismissal of his federal civil rights claim that Howard L. Beyer, the Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, and 13 employees of the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center ("ADTC employees") violated 38 U.S.C. § 5301(a) by seizing money derived from a veteran's disability benefits check from his inmate account to pay a state court...

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