BISTRIAN v. LEVI

Nos. 18-1967 18-1991 18-1992 18-2011 18-2017.

912 F.3d 79 (2018)

Peter BISTRIAN v. Warden Troy LEVI, FDC Philadelphia; Assistant Warden Tracy Brown, FDC Philadelphia; Assistant Warden Blackman, FDC Philadelphia; Captain David C. Knox, FDC Philadelphia; Jeffrey McLaughlin, Special Investigative Agent, FDC Philadelphia; David Garraway, Special Investigative Agent, FDC Philadelphia; Lt J. A. Gibbs, FDC Philadelphia; Senior William Jezior, FDC Philadelphia; Senior Officer Timothy Bowns, FDC Philadelphia; Senior Officer Maribel Burgos, FDC Philadelphia; Unit Manager White, Philadelphia FDC; Lt. Rodgers, FDC Philadelphia; Lt R. Wilson, Philadelphia FDC; Lt David Robinson, FDC Philadelphia; United States of America. Jeffrey McLaughlin; Timothy Bowns; Maribel Burgos; David Robinson, Appellants in No. 18-1967. Troy Levi, Appellant in No. 18-1991. William Jezior, Appellant in No. 18-1992. Lt James Gibbs, Appellant in 18-2011. Gregory Rodgers, Appellant in 18-2017.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed December 28, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin N. Gialloreto, Law Offices of Richard Stoloff, 1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd. — #520, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Counsel for Appellant Troy Levi.

Carlton L. Johnson, Jeffrey M. Scott [ARGUED], Shelley R. Smith, Archer & Greiner, Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch St. — #3500, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Appellants Jeffrey McLaughlin, Timothy Bowns, Maribel Burgos, David Robinson.

Genelle P. Franklin, Fridie Law Group, 101 Route 130 South — #9, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, Counsel for Appellant Lt. Rodgers.

Gary L. Bailey, Syreeta J. Moore, Bailey & Associates, 1500 Walnut St. — #821, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Counsel for Appellant J.A. Gibbs.

Kay Kyungsun Yu, Aleena Y. Sorathia, Ahmad Aaffarese, Joseph E. Zaffarese, One South Broad St. — #1810, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Counsel for Appellant William Jezior.

Richard L. Bazelon [ARGUED], Michael F. Harris, Bazelon Less & Feldman, One South Broad St. — #1500, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Robert E. Goldman, 535 Hamilton St. — #302, Allentown, PA 18101, Counsel for Appellee.

Jonathan H. Feinberg, Kairys Rudovsky Messing & Feinberg, 718 Arth St. — #501 South, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Bruce P. Merenstein, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, 1600 Market St. — #3600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Mary Catherine Roper, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 60173, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Amicus, American Civil Liberties Union.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

Peter Bistrian, a detainee at the Federal Detention Center ("FDC") in Philadelphia, brought suit against prison officials there. He alleges that they failed to protect him from other prisoners and punitively detained him in the FDC's Special Housing Unit ("SHU").1

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