No. 22-5808

Zachary Spada v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2022-10-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions damages-claim due-process exercise-opportunities inmate-rights institutional-liability mootness mootness-doctrine standing
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether an inmate that was confined at a correctional institution during the COVID- 19 Pandemic has a right to sue for damages for the denial of exercise and recreation opportunites that occured during this time due to the restrictions that were imposed by administrators of these institutions under the premise of keeping inmates safe from the virus?

2. Whether suits such as this are never moot because actual injury occured and an actual controversy exists to prelude dismissal under the mootness doctrine?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an inmate has a right to sue for denial of exercise and recreation opportunities during COVID-19 restrictions

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Zachary Spada
Zachary Spada — Petitioner