SPRUILL v. GILLIS

No. 02-2659.

372 F.3d 218 (2004)

Robert SPRUILL, Appellant v. Frank GILLIS; Goolier, C.O.; McGlaughlin, M.D.; Brown, P.A.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Sonnenschein (Argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Michael A. Farnan (Argued), Department of Corrections, Office of Chief Counsel, Camp Hill, PA, for Appellees Gillis and Goolier.

Alan S. Gold (Argued), Sean Robins, Gold, Butkovitz & Robins, Elkins Park, PA, for Appellees McGlaughlin and Brown.

Before ALITO, CHERTOFF, and BECKER Circuit Judges.


BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises important questions of construction of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 at 66 (1996). Plaintiff Robert Spruill is an inmate in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Spruill filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against four defendants at the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, Pennsylvania: two prison officials (Frank...

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