SLEDGE v. ERIE COUNTY PRISON

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ) ) Case No. 1:20-cv-40 LARRY SLEDGE, ) ) Plaintiff ) UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ) RICHARD A. LANZILLO v. ) ) ERIE COUNTY PRISON, et al., ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ) ORDER Defendants ) I. Introduction Plaintiff Larry Sledge, an inmate incarcerated at the Erie County Prison, initiated this pro se civil rights action by filing a Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis on February 19, 2020. ECF No. 1. The Court granted Sledge’s motion and directed service of his Complaint on July 8, 2020. ECF No. 9. In his…