MENDEZ v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA RAMON MENDEZ : CIVIL ACTION : v. : : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : et al., : NO. 21-1780 MEMORANDUM Bartle, J. August 25, 2022 Pro se plaintiff Ramon Mendez, a state prisoner, has filed an action against three correctional officers, defendants Steven Meredith, Kysherald Patterson, and Philip Washington.1 Mendez alleges that defendants violated his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a, et seq., the Eighth Amendment, and the due process…