David W. Watts v. Charles Bergren

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DAVID W. WATTS, Plaintiff, OPINION AND ORDER v. 24-cv-504-wmc CHARLES BERGREN, Defendant. Representing himself, plaintiff David Watts claims that defendant Charles Bergren, an officer at Columbia Correctional Institution, violated his Eighth Amendment rights by enabling another inmate to sexually harass and threaten him. As an incarcerated litigant, plaintiff must comply with the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which requires that he exhaust his administrative remedies before filing a federal lawsuit. 42 U.S.C. §…