VAN SCOTT v. CHERISH et al
Plaintiff: KARL VAN SCOTT
Defendant: JOSH CHERISH, SHELLY TAYLOR, ROXANN CAMPBELL, DIANNE OSTROWSKY, JAMES BUCHANON, KELLY MCKENZIE, MICHAEL SABOUSKY, JEFF RUDITIS, FOSTER LYLES and B. SMITH
Case Number: 1:2009cv00134
Filed: June 10, 2009
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Office: Erie Office
County: Venango
Presiding Judge: Susan Paradise Baxter
Presiding Judge: Sean J. McLaughlin
Nature of Suit: None
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 pr Prisoner Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: None

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October 25, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 56 MEMORANDUM ORDER: AND NOW, this 25th Day of October, 2011; IT IS ORDERED that Defendants Ostrowsky, Buchanon, McKenzie, Sabousky, Ruditis, Lyles, Smith, and Campbell shall be, and hereby are, DISMISSED from this case due to Plaintiff's failure to prosecute his claims against them. The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on October 4, 2011 55 , is adopted as the opinion of this Court. Signed by Judge Sean J. McLaughlin on 10/25/2011. (kas)
August 4, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 51 MEMORANDUM JUDGMENT ORDER: AND NOW, this 4th Day of August, 2011; IT IS ORDERED that the Defendants' motion for summary judgment 33 shall be, and hereby is, GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, as follows: 1. Said motion is GRANTED insofar as i t relates to Plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claim premised on the Defendants' alleged indifference to his health and safety; and 2. Said motion is DENIED insofar as it requests that Defendants Ostrowsky, Buchanon, McKenzie, Sabousky, Ruditis, Lyles, Smith, and Campbell be dismissed from this action due to their lack of personal involvement in the alleged violation of Plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment right to medical privacy; and 3. Said motion is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff� 39;s claim for compensatory damages; and 4. Said motion is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff's claim for punitive damages against the Defendants in their official capacities; and 5. Said motion is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff's claim f or declaratory and injunctive relief inasmuch as those claims are moot; and 6. Said motion is DENIED insofar as it otherwise relates to Plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment right-to-medical privacy-claim. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, on or before Aug ust 24, 2011, Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint, consistent with the terms of this Memorandum Order and Magistrate Judge Baxter's July 14, 2011 Report and Recommendation. The amended complaint shall identify: (i) the supervisory Defenda nts whom Plaintiff claims had knowledge of Defendant Taylor's alleged disclosure of Plaintiff's medical condition to other inmates, and (ii) the basis upon which each such supervisory Defendant is alleged to have been personally involved in the alleged misconduct. Failure to file an amended complaint on or before August 24, 2011 will be construed by this Court as an indication that Plaintiff no longer wishes to pursue his claims against the supervisory Defendants. In accordance with the foregoing, JUDGMENT is hereby entered in favor of the Defendants, and against Plaintiff, with respect to Plaintiff's claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983 that his federal constitutional rights were violated by the Defendants' alleged indifference to his health and safety. The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on July 14, 2011 49 , is adopted as the opinion of this Court. Signed by Judge Sean J. McLaughlin on 08/04/2011. (kas)
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Plaintiff: KARL VAN SCOTT
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