Roland v. Williams et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
DANIEL WAYNE ROLAND,
Plaintiff,
v.
WAYNE COUNTY PRISON, et al.,
Defendants.
No. 4:25-CV-01307
(Chief Judge Brann)
ORDER
AND NOW, this 24 th day of February 2026, in accordance with the
accompanying Memorandum, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. 	Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment failure-to-protect claims against Wayne
County Correctional Facility, Acting Sergeant Scott Jaycox, and
Correctional Officer Walker Carney are DISMISSED with prejudice
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) for failure to state a claim
upon which relief may be granted.
2. 	This case will proceed on the following Section 1983 claims only:
individual capacity Eighth Amendment failure to protect against
defendants Warden Randal Williams, Deputy Warden John Masco,
and Lieutenant Paul Soccodoto.
3. 	The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate defendants Wayne County
Correctional Facility, Acting Sergeant Scott Jaycox, and Correctional
Officer Walker Carney.
4. 	In accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(c)(3), the Clerk
of Court is further directed to SERVE a copy of the Amended
Complaint (Doc. 16), notice of lawsuit and request to waive service of
summons (form AO 398), waiver of the service of summons (form
AO 399), and this Order on defendants Warden Randal Williams,
Deputy Warden John Masco, and Lieutenant Paul Soccodoto at
Wayne County Correctional Facility. In the interest of efficient
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administrative judicial economy, the Court requests that Defendants
waive service pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d).
BY THE COURT:
s/ Matthew W. Brann
Matthew W. Brann
Chief United States District Judge
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