Romano v. Georgia Department of Corrections

Miller, Chief Judge.

Prison inmate Joseph Romano sought to commence a pro se civil action against the Georgia Department of Corrections (the “Department”) as well as the warden of Johnson State Prison, Anthony Washington, and two corrections officers, identified in the complaint as Lieutenant Blair and Officer Hurst (collectively, the “Individual Defendants”), to recover damages for the alleged wrongful confiscation of his personal property in violation of the Department’s Standard Operating Procedures. Romano filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis, which the trial court denied in a…