Gavilan-Cruz v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
PEDRO LUIS GAVILAN-CRUZ,
Plaintiff
v.
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, et al.,
Defendants
No. 3:24-CV-1945
(Judge Munley)
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ORDER
AND NOW, in accordance with the accompanying Memorandum, IT IS
ORDERED THAT:
1. Plaintiff's Section 1983 claims are DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b )(1) for failure to state a claim upon which relief
may 	be 	granted. 	To 	the 	extent 	Plaintiff 	is 	attempting 	to 	assert 	a
Fourteenth 	Amendment 	procedural 	due 	process 	claim, 	that 	claim 	is
DISMISSED with prejudice under Section 1915A(b )(1) for failure to state
a claim for relief.
2. The Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff's
state-law tort claims. 	Those claims are therefore DISMISSED without
prejudice.
3. 	Plaintiff, 	if 	he 	so 	desires, 	may 	file 	a 	second 	amended 	complaint 	in
conformity with the accompanying Memorandum within 21 	days of the
date of this Order. 	Plaintiff must comply with the pleading instructions
provided in the accompanying Memorandum. 	Failure to do so may result
in the summary striking of any improper second amended pleading.
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4. If no appropriate second amended complaint is timely filed , dismissal of
any Section 1983 claim without prejudice will automatically convert to
dismissal with prejudice and the court will CLOSE this case.
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