WHITENIGHT v. ELBEL

AIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PITTSBURGH SHAWN WHITENIGHT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) 2:16-cv-00552 ) vs. ) Chief United States Magistrate Judge ) Cynthia Reed Eddy THOMAS ELBEL and DEPUTY NUNLEY, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION1 This a pro se civil rights action initiated by Plaintiff, Shawn Whitenight. At the time of the events giving rise to this lawsuit, Whitenight was a pretrial detainee incarcerated at Jefferson County Jail. The defendants are Warden Thomas Elbel and Deputy Sheriff Jacob Nunley. Both are sued in their individual and official…