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Timestamp: 2020-08-15 11:03:26
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§1915']

FindACase™ | O'Neal v. May
O'Neal v. May
WAYNE SCOTT O'NEAL, Plaintiff,
WARDEN ROBERT MAY, et al., Defendants.
Wayne Scott O'Neal, Sussex Correctional Institution, Georgetown, Delaware. Pro Se Plaintiff.
Plaintiff Wayne Scott O'Neal, an inmate at the Sussex Correctional Institution ("SCI") in Georgetown, Delaware, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (D.I. 3). Plaintiff appears pro se and has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (D.I. 4). The Court proceeds to screen the Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and §1915A(a).
Plaintiff suffered a shoulder injury while exercising in June 2019. He has received some treatment and care but not an MRI or CAT scan even though he was told they are needed. The tests were not ordered because Defendant Dr. Sheri L McAfee-Garner has "a protocol to meet." (D.I. 3 at 6). Plaintiff also alleges that physical therapy was ordered but he has yet to see a physical therapist. Finally, Plaintiff alleges that surgery is required.
Plaintiff availed himself of the prison grievance system, but indicates in the Complaint that at the time he commenced the action the grievance process was not completed. (Id. at 8).
A federal court may properly dismiss an action sua sponte under the screening provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and § 1915A(b) if "the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief." Ball v. Famiglio, 726 F.3d 448, 452 (3d Cir. 2013). See also 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) (in forma pauperis actions); 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (actions in which prisoner seeks redress from a governmental defendant). The Court must accept all factual allegations in a complaint as true and take them in the light most favorable to a pro se plaintiff. Phillips v. County of Allegheny, 515 F.3d 224, 229 (3d Cir. 2008); Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 93 (2007). Because Plaintiff proceeds pro se, his pleading is liberally construed and his complaint, "however inartfully pleaded, must be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers." Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. at 94.
The legal standard for dismissing a complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and § 1915A(b)(1) is identical to the legal standard used when ruling on Rule 12(b)(6) motions. Tourscherv. McCullough, 184 F.3d 236, 240 (3d Cir. 1999). However, before dismissing a complaint or claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to the screening provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§1915 and 1915A, the Court must grant Plaintiff leave to amend his complaint unless amendment would be inequitable or futile. See Grayson v. Mayview State Hosp., 293 F.3d 103, 114 (3d Cir. 2002).
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996, a prisoner must pursue all available avenues for relief through the prison&#39;s grievance system before bringing a federal civil rights action. See 42 U.S.C. &sect; 1997e(a); Booth v. Churner,532 U.S. 731, 741 n.6 (2001) ("[A]n inmate must exhaust irrespective of the forms of relief sought and offered through administrative avenues."). Section 1997(e) provides, "No action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted." 42 U.S.C. &sect; 1997(e). The exhaustion requirement is mandatory. Williamsv. Beard,482 F.3d 637, 639 (3d Cir. 2007); Booth, 532 U.S. at 742 (holding that the exhaustion requirement of the PLRA applies to grievance procedures "regardless of the relief offered through administrative procedures"). The ...