Legal Opinion
Paluch v. Palakovich
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 2014PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.
James A. Paluch, Jr., pro se, appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) denying his petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis for the stated reason that his tort action was barred by the statute of limitations. Paluch, who is incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Greene, seeks to recover damages for several items of personal property he alleges were lost or damaged while he was incarcerated at SCI-Camp Hill. Paluch asserts that the trial court erred in sua sponte raising the question of the timeliness…
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