Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit March 24, 2010, No. 08-4435 (McDowell v. Sheerer)

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Steven McDowell filed this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and New Jersey state law, alleging that certain prison officials at Northern State Prison (collectively, “Defendants”)1 violated the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and Article One of the New Jersey Constitution.