Norman Grayson v. Mayview State Hospital Allegheny County Jail Camp Hill Prison United States of America, Intervenor
- Decided
- June 7, 2002
- Docket
- 99-3980
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that leave to amend “must be granted in the absence of undue delay, bad faith, dilatory motive, unfair prejudice, or futility of amendment” — Tohidi v. City of Reading Police Department (2024)
- holding that district courts should dismiss complaints with leave to amend “unless amendment would be inequitable or futile” — Hollis v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs (2023)
- holding that the PLRA did not alter preexisting standards for permitting amendment of deficient pleadings — Patrick Davis v. Janet Pearson (2021)
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How the opinion begins
OPINION OF THE COURT AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Norman Grayson, an inmate at various times of the three institutions named as defendants, brought this pro se damages action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The District Court granted Grayson leave to proceed in forma pau-peris, but denied his further request for appointed legal counsel. Upon the defendants’ motions, the Court dismissed Gray-son’s complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).
Although the Court found that his claims had possible substantive merit if pled adequately, it did not provide leave to amend before dismissing the action. This was contrary to our Court’s rule, established before Congress enacted the Prison [*106] Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), [1] that such leave must be granted when amendment could cure the deficiency and would not be inequitable.
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Norman Grayson v. Mayview State Hospital Allegheny County Jail Camp Hill Prison United States of America, Intervenor, 293 F.3d 103 (2002)Read the full opinion
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