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HAGAN v. ROGERS

No. 07-1412.

570 F.3d 146 (2009)

Lewis Ira HAGAN; James Hemphill; Efraim Esquilin; Christopher Mark; William Weiss; Christos Papacristos; Louis George Johnston, Jr.; Tymil Mason; Claude Franklin; Peter Braun; Oliver Mason; Toboris Wright; Ronald Young; Allan Lovenson, Appellants v. Grace ROGERS, Administrator; George Hayman, Commissioner New Jersey State Prisons; Dr. Hochberg, Doctor Employed By Correctional Medical Services; Correctional Medical Services, Inc.; Bernard Goodwin, Asst. Administrator.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: June 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Ira Hagan, James Hemphill, Efraim Esquilin, William Weiss, Christos Papacristos, Louis George Johnston, Jr., Tymil Mason, Claude Franklin, Peter Braun, Toboris Wright, Allan Lovenson, Adult Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Avenel, NJ, pro se.

Christopher Mark, Rockview SCI, Bellefonte, PA, pro se.

Oliver Mason, Newark, NJ, pro se.

Ronald Young, Ledgewood, NJ, pro se.

Joel McHugh, Esq. [Argued], Nancy Winkelman, Esq., Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Counsel on behalf of Appellants Lewis Ira Hagan; James Hemphill; Efraim Esquilin; Christopher Mark; William Weiss; Christos Papacristos; Louis George Johnston, Jr.; Tymil Mason; Claude Franklin; Peter Braun; Oliver Mason; Toboris Wright; Ronald Young; Allan Lovenson.

Larry R. Etzweiler, Esq., [Argued], Keith S. Massey, Jr., Esq., Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Division of Law, Richard J. Hughes, Trenton, NJ, for Defendant-Amicus Curiae State of New Jersey.

Before: RENDELL, JORDAN, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

The central question before this Court is whether it is clear and manifest that Congress, through the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act of 1995, intended to remove prisoners from the definition of "Persons" permitted to join claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20. We answer this question in the negative.

Appellants are fourteen state inmates of the Adult Diagnostic & Treatment Center in Avenel...

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