Gearhart v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA AMY GEARHART, Individually and as Administratrix of the ESTATE OF EDGAR A. GEARHART, Deceased, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:22-cv-01334 v. (SAPORITO, M.J.) PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM On January 28, 2021, the incarcerated decedent, Edgar A. Gearhart, was brutally murdered in his cell by another inmate, and one or more correctional officers was allegedly complicit in that murder. Appearing through counsel, his mother, who is also the administrator of his estate, has brought this federal…