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ANTHONY LITTLE, :
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Plaintiff, : Civil No. 07-1586 (RBK)
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v. :
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CAMDEN COUNTY CORRECTION, : OPINION
et al., :
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Defendants. :
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APPEARANCES:
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I. BACKGROUND
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U.S. 319, 328 (1989); see also Roman v. Jeffes, 904 F.2d 192, 194
clear that no relief could be granted under any set of facts that
v. Sorema N.A., 534 U.S. 506, 514 (2002) (quoting Hishon v. King
Independence Tp., 463 F.3d 285, 296-97 (3d Cir. 2006); Alston v.
Parker, 363 F.3d 229, 233 n.6 (3d Cir. 2004). Under the notice
facts upon which his claim for relief is based, but need only
notice of his claim. See, e.g., Foulk v. Donjon Marine Co., 144
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III. DISCUSSION
Mansfield, C. & L. M. Ry. Co. v. Swan, 111 U.S. 379, 383 (1884).
part:
42 U.S.C. § 1983.
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States, and (2) the deprivation was done under color of state
law. See West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 48 (1988); Adickes v. S.H.
Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144, 152 (1970); Sample v. Diecks, 885 F.2d
A. Excessive Force
(1989); Nelson v. Jashurek, 109 F.3d 142 (3d Cir. 1997); United
States v. Johnstone, 107 F.3d 200, 204 (3d Cir. 1997). “To state
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at 289 (quoting Graham, 490 U.S. at 396); accord Mosley, 102 F.3d
at 95; Baker v. Monroe Tp., 50 F.3d 1186, 1193-93 (3d Cir. 1995).
Civ. P. 15(a).
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This Court will not construe the Complaint as naming the
City of Camden as Defendant because Plaintiff’s allegations do
not show that the use of excessive force resulted from a custom
or policy of the City of Camden. See Monell v. New York City
Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 694 (1978) (“when
execution of a government’s policy or custom, whether made by its
lawmakers or by those whose edicts and acts may fairly be said to
represent official policy, inflicts the injury . . . the
government as an entity is responsible under § 1983”).
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care, and the Eighth Amendment acts as a floor for due process
Hubbard v. Taylor, 399 F.3d 150, 166 (3d Cir. 2005). While “the
Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520 (1979) i.e., whether the inadequate medical
guilt.
guilt in accordance with due process of law. See Bell, 441 U.S.
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“[T]he State does not acquire the power to punish with
which the Eighth Amendment is concerned until after it has
secured a formal adjudication of guilt in accordance with due
process of law. Where the State seeks to impose punishment
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v. Taylor, 399 F.3d 150, 159 (3d Cir. 2005) (quoting Union County
Jail Inmates v. DiBuono, 713 F.2d 984, 992 (3d Cir. 1983)).
the Third Circuit has not applied a different standard than that
318 F.3d 575, 581 (3d Cir.2003) (citation omitted). This Court
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without such an adjudication, the pertinent constitutional
guarantee is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 537, n.16 (1979) (quoting Ingraham
v. Wright, 430 U.S. 651, 671-72, n.40 (1977)); see also City of
Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital, 463 U.S. 239, 244
(1983).
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(3d Cir. 2003); see also Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976).
v. Taylor, 316 F.3d 257, 266 (3d Cir. 2003) (quoting Monmouth
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Cir. 1993); White v. Napoleon, 897 F.2d 103 (3d Cir. 1990).
State Hosp., 293 F.3d 103, 110-111 (3d Cir. 2002) (unless
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IV. CONCLUSION
S/Robert B. Kugler
ROBERT B. KUGLER, U.S.D.J.
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