Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Wetzel
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 21, 2015No. 1:12-CV-02208PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Kane, District Judge
I. Background
On November 5, 2012, Daniel Lewis, also known as Naseer Shakur, an inmate serving a life sentence for murder1 and presently confined at the State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania2, filed a 3-page form complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against twenty-three individuals presently or formerly employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Doc. 1. Because Lewis’s statement of claim consisting of one sentence was completely conclusory, by order of November 7, 2012, he was directed to file an amended complaint. Doc, 7. After being…
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