Source: https://thirdcircuit.lexroll.com/abraham-v-delaware-dept-of-corrections-331-fed-appx-929-3rd-cir-2009/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 18:19:42+00:00

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DCC; Dr. Spence, Master Counselor in the Greentree Treatment Program, any and all Other Department of Corrections Staff Administering the Greentree Program at all Department of Corrections Facilities whose names and titles so far are unknown to Kenneth Abraham.
No. 08-4446.United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.Submitted for Possible Dismissal Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) or Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 May 21, 2009.
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (D.C. Civil No. 1-08-cv-00452), District Judge: Honorable Sue L. Robinson.
Kenneth R. Abraham, Smyrna, DE, pro se.
Office of Attorney General, Dover, DE, Judy O. Hodas, Esq., Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees.
Before: McKEE, FISHER and CHAGARES, Circuit Judges.
Kenneth Abraham, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, appeals from an order by the District Court denying his petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. For the reasons that follow, we will summarily affirm.
In May 2008, Abraham filed a petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Abraham requested that the GreenTree Program, a drug treatment program operated by the Department of Corrections, be declared unlawful and unconstitutional. Abraham asserted that due to the “gross inaction” of the Department of Corrections personnel, the GreenTree Program was “incompetent, ineffective, and grossly mismanaged,” and that “the activities of the inmates in charge [of the program] violate the 8th and 1st Amendments.” According to Abraham, if an inmate participating in the GreenTree Program does not agree with the inmates in charge, this may be construed as a failure to obey, which in turn could delay or prevent completion of the program; and this, Abraham alleged, could lead to increased incarceration. Abraham conceded, however, that he is not currently participating in the GreenTree Program because he has been housed in SHU for a two-year term.
and determined that he failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The District Court determined that Abraham was not entitled to declaratory judgment or injunctive relief, that amending the complaint would be futile, and that dismissal was appropriate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and § 1915A (b)(1). Abraham timely appealed.
We exercise plenary review over the District Court’s sua sponte dismissal under § 1915(e)(2)(B). See Allah v. Seiverling, 229 F.3d 220, 223 (3d Cir. 2000). Upon review, we conclude that the District Court properly dismissed Abraham’s petition, for reasons given by the District Court.
Amendment violation, an inmate must show “a pervasive risk of harm to inmates from other prisoners,” and that the prison officials have displayed “deliberate indifference” to the danger [citations omitted]). Finally, because Abraham is not currently participating in the GreenTree Program and merely speculates about what could happen to him once he is allowed to participate in the future, he cannot show that an actual controversy exists justifying declaratory relief Aetna, 300 U.S. at 240-41, 57 S.Ct. 461.
Abraham also cannot demonstrate that he is entitled to injunctive relief. “The requisite for injunctive relief has been characterized as a clear showing of immediate irreparable injury,” or a “presently existing actual threat; (an injunction) may not be used simply to eliminate a possibility of a remote future injury, or a future invasion of rights, be those rights protected by statute or by the common law.”Continental Group, Inc. v. Amoco Chemicals Corp., 614 F.2d 351, 359 (3d Cir. 1980) (citing Ammond v. McGahn, 532 F.2d 325, 329 (3d Cir. 1976), Holiday Inns of America, Inc. v. B B Corporation, 409 F.2d 614, 618 (3d Cir. 1969)). As stated above, Abraham cannot meet the requisites for injunctive relief because he has no right to drug treatment or rehabilitation programs. Furthermore, given that he is currently housed in SHU and not participating in the GreenTree Program, he cannot show any immediate irreparable injury or presently existing actual threat. We agree with the District Court that it would have been futile to allow Abraham to file an amended complaint.
As Abraham’s appeal does not present a substantial question, we will summarily affirm the judgment of the District Court See 3d Cir. L.A.R. 27.4; I.O.P. 10.6. Appellant’s motions to expedite, for counsel, for summary action, and for an injunction are denied. Appellee’s motion to summarily dismiss is also denied.

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