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
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 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?

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
Zachary Spada — Petitioner