CRESPO v. HIGGINS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOHNSTOWN BARRY LEE CRESPO, ) ) Plaintiff, ) 3:20-CV-00141-CRE ) vs. ) ) WILLIAM JOSEPH HIGGINS, DISTRICT ) ) ATTORNEY OF BEDFORD COUNTY, PA; ) ) Defendant, ) MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Cynthia Reed Eddy, Chief United States Magistrate Judge. This prisoner civil rights action was initiated in this court on July 21, 2020, by pro se Plaintiff Barry Lee Crespo, who is incarcerated at SCI-Mahanoy. In his complaint, Plaintiff asserted various claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Fourteenth Amendment, and Pennsylvania state…