Singletary v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

266 F.3d 186 (2001)

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Singletary v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
266 F.3d 186 (2001)

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Facts

Singletary (plaintiff) sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC), the State Correctional Institute at Rockview (SCI-Rockview), SCI-Rockview’s superintendent, and “unknown corrections officers” (collectively, the defendants) after Singletary’s son committed suicide while he was a prisoner at PADOC. Pennsylvania's deputy attorney general appeared as counsel for defendants in the action. After the statute of limitations had run, Singletary moved to amend her complaint by adding an SCI-Rockview staff psychologist named Regan as a defendant. The district court held that Singletary’s amended complaint did not meet the conditions for relation back under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(c)(3) [Editor's Note: now Rule 15(c)(1)(C)] and denied Singletary’s motion to amend and add Regan as a defendant. The district court granted summary judgment for all the named defendants. Singletary appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Becker, C.J.)

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