BALLARD v. WEINER

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TODD BALLARD : CIVIL ACTION : v. : : STEVEN WEINER and GINA CLARK : NO. 20-6220 MEMORANDUM Savage, J. March 30, 2021 Todd Ballard, a prisoner currently incarcerated at SCI-Phoenix, initiated this action by filing two documents on forms entitled “Private Criminal Complaint.” The forms are provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use of complainants to initiate private criminal proceedings in state court. The Clerk of Court treated the filings as commencing a civil action. On December 22, 2020, we ordered the…