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Case Name	Reid v. Wetzel	PC-PA-0045
Docket / Court	1:18-cv-00176-JEJ ( M.D. Pa. )
State/Territory	Pennsylvania
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National Prison Project
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Defendant-type

Corrections

General

Access to lawyers or judicial system

Administrative segregation

Classification / placement

Conditions of confinement

Disciplinary procedures

Disciplinary segregation

Law library access

Protective custody

Recreation / Exercise

Religious programs / policies

Solitary confinement/Supermax (conditions or process)

Torture

Totality of conditions

Visiting

Medical/Mental Health

Mental health care, general

Mental health care, unspecified

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	All current and future prisoners sentenced to death in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National Prison Project
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Filed	01/25/2018
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
	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

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Docket(s)

1:18-cv-176 (M.D. Pa.)
PC-PA-0045-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/20/2019
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1] PC-PA-0045-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/25/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Granting Class Certification and Appointment of Class Counsel [ECF# 29] (M.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0045-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/03/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Settlement Agreement [with Exhibits] PC-PA-0045-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/12/2019 Source: Plaintiffs' counsel
Memorandum and Order [ECF# 144] (M.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0045-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/09/2020 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Jones, John E. III (M.D. Pa.) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0002 \| PC-PA-0045-0004 \| PC-PA-0045-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Baylson, Mira (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Brown, Wilson M. III (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-0003 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Fathi, David Cyrus (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-0003 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Feinberg, Jonathan H. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-0003 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Fettig, Amy (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Gross, Barry (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Grote, Bret D. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-0003 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Lin, Susan M. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Morgan, Jamelia N. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Sholes, Desiree H. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Taticchi, Mark (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Walczak, Witold J. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0001 \| PC-PA-0045-0003 \| PC-PA-0045-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	DeFelice, Chase M. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-9000 Fulginiti, Joseph (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-9000 Holmes, Timothy A. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-0003 \| PC-PA-0045-9000 Macus, Maria G (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-9000 Perez, Theron (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PC-PA-0045-9000

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