United States Third Circuit

Plaintiff inmate's suit claiming Eight Amendment and civil rights violations stemming from defendants' alleged deliberate indifference toward the plaintiff's medical condition was sufficient to withstand a motion to dismiss despite defendants' objections under the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2004
• Decided 06/18/2004
• Published 06/18/2004

Judges

• BECKER, Circuit Judge., Before ALITO, CHERTOFF, and BECKER Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• 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.