District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania March 19, 1998, CIV. A. 96-8646 (Africa v. Horn)

MEMORANDUM

WALDMAN, District Judge.

Presently before the court is defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Plaintiff, an inmate at SCI Graterford, has alleged that his placement in the Restricted Housing Unit (“RHU”) because of his refusal to take a tuberculosis test violated his First Amendment rights and subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment.