Booher v. Wakefield

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSHUA BOOHER, : CIVIL NO. 3:22-CV-672 : Plaintiff, : : v. : : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) CHAD WAKEFIELD, et al., : : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction This case addresses an unfortunate factual scenario which is so strikingly common in the prison context that the arguments center around the very policy which seeks to prevent it. In August of 2021, the plaintiff, Joshua Booher, was repeatedly sexually assaulted by his cellmate. The incidents occurred at the State Correctional Institution at Smithfield (SCI Smithfield), a correctional…