Legal Opinion
Bonner v. Sipple
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 1, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-CV-3191PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRufe, J.
Plaintiff Eugene Thye Bonner, a prisoner incarcerated at SCI Phoenix, brings this pro se civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against prison officials and medical staff employed at the prison. He seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. For the following reasons, the Court will grant Bonner leave to proceed in forma pauperis , dismiss his claims against four Defendants, and permit him to proceed on his claims against the remaining four Defendants for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs.
I. FACTS
Bonner's Complaint raises Eighth Amendment claims based primarily on allegations…
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