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VELAZQUEZ v. SUPERINTENDENT FAYETTE SCI

No. 17-3176.

937 F.3d 151 (2019)

Anthony VELAZQUEZ, Appellant, v. SUPERINTENDENT FAYETTE SCI; District Attorney Lancaster County; Attorney General Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 3, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Auge [ARGUED], Arianna J. Freeman , Federal Community Defender Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 601 Walnut Street, The Curtis Center, Suite 540 West Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Travis S. Anderson [ARGUED], Lancaster County Office of District Attorney, 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, Counsel for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, CHAGARES, and GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Actions speak louder than words, but both speak. Our criminal justice system thus presumes that a person's actions and words are altogether meaningful—that is, some degree of intentionality is inherent to them. This presumption developed at a time when we were far less cognizant...

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