Legal Opinion

ANDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 12, 2021No. 5:20-cv-04424Unknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DONTAIE ANDERSON, : Plaintiff, : : v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-CV-4424 : COMMONWEALTH OF : PENNSYLVANIA, et al., : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM RUFE, J. JANUARY 12, 2021 Plaintiff Dontaie Anderson, a pretrial detainee at Lehigh County Prison, originally filed this civil action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

by way of Complaint (ECF No. 2), and subsequently filed an Amended Complaint.1 (ECF No. 5.) Because Plaintiff seeks relief that is properly asserted in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the Court will dismiss…

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