Smith v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ARTHUR SMITH, : Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:19-0542 v. : (JUDGE MANNION) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : et al., : Defendants MEMORANDUM I. Background Plaintiff, Arthur Smith, an inmate currently confined in the Allenwood Medium Federal Correctional Institution, White Deer, Pennsylvania, filed the above captioned action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §1346(b), 2671-2680. (Doc. 1). Named as Defendants are the United States and the Bureau of Prisons.

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Plaintiff seeks damages for a fall sustained on a…