KING v. BENNAGE-GREGORY

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA LAWRENCE KING, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-318-SPB v. ) ) WILLIAM BENNAGE-GREGORY, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Lawrence King, a former state inmate, filed this civil rights action seeking redress for the alleged violation of his Eighth Amendment rights relative to his confinement at SCI-Albion. The essence of Plaintiff’s claim is that he was unlawfully detained at SCI-Albion for three-hundred eighteen (318) days beyond the date of his maximum sentence. During the period of…