At page 89 cited at this page10 citing cases
- Di Febo v. Keve, 395 F. Supp. 1350 (D. Del. 1975).Gittlemacker v. County of Philadelphia, 413 F.2d 84, 87 (C.A.3, 1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1046 , 90 S.Ct. 696 , 24 L.Ed.2d 691 (1970); Fear v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 413 F.2d 88, 89 (C.A.3, 1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 935 , 90…
- Polite v. Diehl, 507 F.2d 119 (3d Cir. 1974).Fear v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 413 F.2d 88, 89 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 935 , 90 S.Ct. 278 , 24 L.Ed.2d 234 (1969); Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel.
- Harold Polite v. Donald Diehl & Walter Lofstrom, as Individuals & as Officers of the McKeesport Police Dep't. Harold Polite v. William Rendulic, 507 F.2d 119 (3d Cir. 1974).Civil rights and elective franchise 'The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action authorized by law to be commenced by any person: . . . .ict '(3) To redress the deprivation, under color of any State law, statut…
- Aldine Rochester, Individually & on Behalf of Her Minor Child, Rose Gibson, Individually & on Behalf of Her Seven Minor Child. Individually & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Jack D. White, Sec'y of Health & Soc. Servs., Individually & in His Off. Capacity, & Miklos T. Lazar, Dir. of Soc. Servs., Individually & in His Off. Capacity, Third-Party v. Caspar W. Weinberger, United States Sec'y of Health, Educ. & Welfare & Francis D. Degeorge, Adm'r, Soc. & Rehab. Serv., United States Dep't of Health, Educ. & Welfare, Third-Party, 503 F.2d 263 (3d Cir. 1974).Gittlemacker v. County of Philadelphia, 413 F.2d 84, 86 (3rd Cir. 1969) cert. denied 396 U.S. 1046 , 90 S.Ct. 696 , 24 L.Ed.2d 691 (1970); Fear v. Commonwealth of Pa., 413 F.2d 88, 89 (3rd Cir., 1969), cert. denied 396 U.S. 935 , 90 S.Ct.…
- Rochester v. White, 503 F.2d 263 (3d Cir. 1974).Cittlemacker v. County of Philadelphia, 413 F.2d 84 , 86 (3rd Cir. 1969) cert. denied 396 U.S. 1046 , 90 S.Ct. 696 , 24 L.Ed.2d 691 (1970); Fear v. Commonwealth of Pa., 413 F.2d 88, 89 (3rd Cir., 1969), cert. denied 396 U.S. 935 , 90 S.Ct.…
- Downs v. Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 368 F. Supp. 454 (E.D. Pa. 1973).Fear v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 413 F.2d 88, 89 (3 Cir. 1969), cert. den. 396 U.S. 935 , 90 S.Ct. 278 , 24 L.Ed.2d 234 (1969); United States ex rel.
- Rochester v. Baganz, 365 F. Supp. 179 (D. Del. 1973).Gittlemacker v. County of Philadelphia, 413 F.2d 84, 86 (3rd Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1046 , 90 S.Ct. 696 , 24 L.Ed.2d 691 (1970); Fear v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 413 F.2d 88, 89 (3rd Cir.), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 935 , 90…
- Hahn v. Ingram, 362 F. Supp. 982 (D. Del. 1973).Gittlemacker v. Philadelphia, 413 F.2d 84 , 86 (C.A.3, 1969), cert. den. 396 U.S. 1046 , 90 S.Ct. 696 , 24 L.Ed.2d 691 (1970); Fear v. Commonwealth, 413 F.2d 88, 89 (C.A.3, 1969), cert. den. 396 U.S. 935 , 90 S.Ct. 278 , 24 L.Ed.2d 234 (19…
- Eugene Barnes v. Sam Elmer Dorsey, 480 F.2d 1057 (8th Cir. 1973).Those cases broadly held that a prisoner’s complaint against a warden for alleged improper medical care is “legally insufficient to establish a denial of rights secured under the federal constitution or laws.” Fear v. Pennsylvania, supra 4…
- Campbell v. Anderson, 335 F. Supp. 483 (D. Del. 1971).Gittlemacker v. County of Philadelphia, supra, 413 F.2d at 87; Fear v. Commonwealth, supra, 413 F.2d at 89; Ford v. Board of Managers of New Jersey State Prison, 407 F.2d 937 (C.A.3, 1969); Kent v. Prasse, 385 F.2d 406, 407 (C.A.3, 1967);…
Other citing cases
- Derrickson v. Keve, 390 F. Supp. 905 (D. Del. 1975).
- Isenberg v. Prasse, 433 F.2d 449 (3d Cir. 1970).
- Mitchell v. Hendricks, 431 F. Supp. 1295 (E.D. Pa. 1977).
- Buszka v. Johnson, 351 F. Supp. 771 (E.D. Pa. 1972).
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA and R. K. Johnson, Warden, York County Prison, York, Pennsylvania
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.The appellant, an inmate at the York County Prison in Pennsylvania, filed a complaint in the court below seeking damages and injunctive relief against the prison warden and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for “a denial of medical care.” The jurisdiction of the court was invoked under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
The complaint alleged that the appellant was transferred from the state correctional institution at Graterford to York at a time when his fractured wrist, then in a cast, required medical treatment. When appellant’s requests for return to Graterford for further treatment were allegedly ignored, and with no care forthcoming at York, the complaint was filed below.
Accepting the allegations contained in the complaint as true, the district court nevertheless dismissed the action on the basis that it failed to state a claim for which relief could be granted. We conclude that the court acted correctly.
We have previously ruled that a state is not a “person” subject to liability under the Civil Rights Act of 1871. United States ex rel. Gittlemacker v. County of Philadelphia, et ah, 413 F.2d 84 (3 Cir. 1969). Thus, this action was properly dismissed as against the Commonwealth.
The action against the warden amounted to nothing more than a claim of improper medical care. This Court has held that such an allegation is legally insufficient to establish a denial of rights secured under the federal constitution or laws. Com. of Pa. ex rel. Gatewood v. Hendrick, 368 F.2d 179 (3 Cir. 1966), cert. denied 386 U.S. 925, 87 S.Ct. 899, 17 L.Ed.2d 797 (1967). The action against the warden was therefore properly dismissed.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court will be affirmed.