William Smithson v. Anthony Letizio, DO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ____________________________________ WILLIAM SMITHSON, : Plaintiff, : : v. : No. 2:26-cv-1638 : ANTHONY LETIZIO, DO, : Defendant. : ______________________________________________________ O P I N I O N Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 9 – Denied Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. August 18, 2026 United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff William Smithson, a prisoner at SCI Phoenix, filed suit against Defendant Anthony Letizio, DO, the prison’s Medical Director, alleging that Letizio’s actions caused a delay in Smithson’s stage…