RENCHENSKI v. WILLIAMS

No. 07-3530.

622 F.3d 315 (2010)

Charles S. RENCHENSKI, Appellant, v. Thomas WILLIAMS, Joseph Piazza, Pa. Department of Corrections, Larry Kaskie, Unit Manager of E-Unit at SCI Coal Township, Frank D. Gillis, former Superintendent at SCI Coal Township, Kandis K. Dascani, Grievance Officer at SCI Coal Township, John Sidler, Licensed Psychologist Manager at SCI Coal Township, Sharon M. Burks, Chief Grievance Officer in the Department of Corrections main office Camp Hill, Pa.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: October 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Theodore (ARGUED), David H. Coburn , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellant.

Howard G. Hopkirk (ARGUED), Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Attorney for Appellees.

Before: FUENTES, ALDISERT, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Charles Renchenski is serving a life sentence without the possibility for parole for murder in the first degree. Although he was never charged with, nor convicted of, a sexual offense, in 2005 Defendants classified Renchenski as a sex offender and recommended his enrollment in Pennsylvania's Sex Offender Treatment Program ("SOTP"). Renchenski filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that his...

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