United States Third Circuit

In an action by prisoners alleging that the prison failed to address a contagious skin disease, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act did not remove prisoners from the definition of "Persons" permitted to join claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/03/2009
• Decided 06/19/2009
• Published 06/19/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• 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.


• For Appellees:
  
• 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.