Miles v. Wiser

OPINION BY Judge COHN.1

Mickey Miles (Miles), an inmate at Laurel Highlands (SCI-Laurel Highlands), ap*238peals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County that both denied him in forma pauperis status and dismissed his civil action, which was in the nature of a Section 1983 civil rights complaint. The action arose from what Miles alleged was the discriminatory conduct of several Department of Corrections employees toward him, which had the effect of violating his civil rights. Specifically, Miles claimed that he was discriminated against on the basis of his prison job…