SCOTUS Decides Erickson v Pardus

In  Erickson v. Pardus, No. 06-7317, the court decided in a per curiam opinion that a prisoner's allegations filed in a civil rights action that he suffered a harm cognizable under the Eighth Amendment as a result of prison officials' decision to terminate his participation in a hepatitis treatment program satisfied the pleading requirements of Fed. R. Crim. P. 8(a)(2). Rest of Article. . . [Mark Godsey]