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SHAWN K. DEMPSKY, :
: Civil Action
Plaintiff, : No. 05-4483 (JBS)
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v. :
: O P I N I O N
R. WALKER, et al. :
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Defendants. :
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indigence and his prison account statement, this Court will (1)
direct the Clerk of the Court to file the Complaint without pre-
payment of the filing fee; (3) assess the $250.00 filing fee
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month the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the $150.00
litigation. See 28 U.S.C. §1915 (a), (b) (1), (b) (2), (b) (4).
I. BACKGROUND
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42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides in relevant part:
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II. DISCUSSION
(Id.)
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U.S. 163, 168 (1993). The Court “must determine whether, under
1996) (citing Holder v. Allentown, 987 F.2d 188, 194 (3d Cir.
1993)); Eli Lily & Co. v. Roussel Corp., 23 F. Supp.2d 460, 474
Milhouse v. Carlson, 652 F.2d 371, 373 (3d Cir. 1981) (quoting
97, 106 (1976); Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972); Then
Then v. Quarantino, 208 F.3d 206 (3d Cir. 2000). “Under our
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Roman, 116 F.3d 83, 86 (3d Cir. 1997); see also Kulwicki v.
Dawson, 969 F.2d 1454, 1462 (3d Cir. 1992). But a court need not
Merion Sch. Dist., 132 F.3d 902, 906 (3d Cir. 1997); see also
person acting under color of state law and that the conduct
487 U.S. 42, 48-49 (1988); Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 535
474 U.S. 327 (1986); Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144,
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Cir. 1994); Shaw v. Strackhouse, 920 F.2d 1135, 1141-42 (3d Cir.
federal law. Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, 471 U.S. 808, 816 (1985);
recover against that Defendant. See Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist.
New Jersey Transit Bus Operations, Inc., 957 F. Supp. 1391, 1401-
Rode v. Dellarciprete, 845 F.2d 1195, 1207 (3d Cir. 1988) (citing
Tp., 50 F.3d 1186, 1190-91 & n.3 (3d Cir. 1995)). See also Nami,
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1983).
B. Failure to Protect
Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 832 (1994). Prison officials must take
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danger. See Riley v. Jeffes, 777 F.2d 143, 147 (3d Cir. 1985).
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(D.N.J. 1997).
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The Court also notes that supervisors may not be held
liable under § 1983 based upon a respondeat superior theory. See
Rode, 845 F.2d at 1207 (3d Cir. 1988).
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Dept. of State Police, 491 U.S. 58 (1989) (neither state nor its
Cook County Jail, 814 F.Supp. 757, 758 (N.D.Ill. 1993); McCoy v.
(E.D.Va. 1992).
III. CONCLUSION
s/ Jerome B. Simandle
JEROME B. SIMANDLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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