Podlog v. United States

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

NEALON, District Judge.

The plaintiff filed the instant complaint pursuant to the Federal Torts Claim Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., on August 31, 1998, while incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institutions including the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (USP-Lewisburg). 1 In his complaint, plaintiff seeks to recover damages against the defendant for failure to render timely, adequate and proper medical treatment. (Doc. 1, p. 5.) Specifically, he alleges that the negligence of the medi cal personnel at USP-Lewisburg led to the worsening of his…