Weaver v. Wilcox

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Francis E. Weaver, appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissing his claim for failure to exhaust state administrative and judicial remedies. Appellant, a temporary inmate at Tioga County jail, filed a pro se complaint alleging numerous constitutional violations at the facility. The district judge, acting upon the recommendation of a magistrate, construed appellant’s complaint as alleging a cause of action under the federal Declaratory Relief and Mandamus…