CEASAR v. VARNER et al, No. 1:2021cv00323 - Document 46 (W.D. Pa. 2023)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION re Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint. ECF No. 39 . For the reasons stated in the attached Memorandum Opinion, Defendants' motion is GRANTED and Plaintiff Dimitric Ceasar's Amended Complaint 29 is DISMISSED with prejudice. A separate order will follow. Signed by Chief United States Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lanzillo on September 19, 2023. (rlh)

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CEASAR v. VARNER et al Doc. 46 Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ERIE DIVISION DIMITRIC CEASAR, Plaintiff ) vs. D. VARNER, CHIEF GRIEVANCE OFFICER PA DOC - CENTRAL OFFICE; KERRI MOORE, ASST. CHIEF GRIEVANCE OFFICER PA DOC CENTRAL OFFICE; T. BIEL, FICILITY GRIEVANCE COORDINATOR - PA DOC SCI FOREST; LT. T. STEED, CO III - PA DOC - SCI FOREST; D. OBERLANDER, SUPERINTENDENT - PA DOC - SCI FOREST; M. BLICHA, MAJOR OF UNIT MANAGEMENT - PA DOC - SCI FOREST; R. ADAMS, DSCS - PA DOC - SCI FOREST; E. MONGELLUZZO, DSFM - PA DOC - SCI FOREST; I. GUSTAFSON, CCPM, PRC - PA DOC - SCI FOREST; L. FISCUS, HEARING EXAMINER; AND J. BOUGHNER, CO I - PA DOC - SCI FOREST, Defendants I. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 1 :21-CV-00323-RAL RICHARD A. LANZILLO Chief United States Magistrate Judge MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AMENDED COMPLAINT ECF NO. 39 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Introduction and Procedural History PlaintiffDimitric Ceasar ("Ceasar"), an inmate in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ("DOC"), commenced this pro se civil rights action against eleven individuals employed at the DOC's State Correctional Institution at Forest ("SCI-Forest"), where he was previously incarcerated. ECF No. 8. Ceasar's original Complaint asserted violations of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights based on allegations that prison officials had housed him in an unclean cell with an inmate with whom he had a prior physical Dockets.Justia.com Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 2 of 8 Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 3 of 8 Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 4 of 8 Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 5 of 8 Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 6 of 8 Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 7 of 8 Case 1:21-cv-00323-RAL Document 46 Filed 09/19/23 Page 8 of 8

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