MENDEZ v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA RAMON MENDEZ : CIVIL ACTION : v. : : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : et al., : NO. 21-1780 MEMORANDUM Bartle, J. September 20, 2021 State prisoner Ramon Mendez, acting pro se, filed this action in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and state law against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and individual correctional officers. Defendants removed this action to this court. Mendez alleges that his civil rights were violated when his prison work…