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Case Name	Chimenti v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections	PC-PA-0041
Docket / Court	2:15-cv-03333-JP ( E.D. Pa. )
State/Territory	Pennsylvania
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, LLP
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Defendant-type

Corrections

General

Conditions of confinement

Grievance Procedures

Medical/Mental Health

Hepatitis

Medical care, general

Medication, administration of

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
State law

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Inmates with Hepatitis C who allege that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections have failed to provide adequate medical care
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, LLP
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Unknown
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None yet
Filing Year	2015
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

Docket(s)

2:15−cv−03333−JP (E.D. Pa.)
PC-PA-0041-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/02/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-PA-0041-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/12/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 24] (E.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0041-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/07/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum [Motion to Dismiss] [ECF# 26] (E.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0041-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/21/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Plaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment [With Attachments] [ECF# 101] PC-PA-0041-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/02/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Padova, John R. (E.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0041-0002 \| PC-PA-0041-0003 \| PC-PA-0041-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Brown, Stephen D. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-0001 \| PC-PA-0041-0004 \| PC-PA-0041-9000
	Levin, Christine C. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-0001 \| PC-PA-0041-0004 \| PC-PA-0041-9000
	Love, Angus R. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-0001 \| PC-PA-0041-0004 \| PC-PA-0041-9000
	Rudovsky, David (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-0001 \| PC-PA-0041-0004 \| PC-PA-0041-9000
	Solove, Ethan (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-0001 \| PC-PA-0041-9000
	Yeh, Su Ming (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-0001 \| PC-PA-0041-0004 \| PC-PA-0041-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Foreman, Samuel H. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-9000
	Goodrich, Caitlin J. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-9000
	Katz, Noah Evan (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-9000
	Mazeski, Vincent R. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0041-9000