Legal Opinion

BOWEN v. LEHIGH COUNTY JAIL

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 29, 2025No. 5:24-cv-05534Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA NIGEL ANTHONY BOWEN, : Plaintiff, : : v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 24-CV-5534 : LEHIGH COUNTY JAIL, et al., : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM Pappert, J. January 29, 2025 Plaintiff Nigel Anthony Bowen, a pretrial detainee currently incarcerated at the Lehigh County Jail (“LCJ”), brings this civil action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

based on allegations that staff at LCJ failed to provide him with a diet consistent with his medical and religious needs. His Amended Complaint is pending before the Court for statutory screening pursuant…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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