No. 24-6651

Michael C. Romig v. Laurel R. Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2025-02-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights damages-claim due-process eleventh-amendment legal-mail-interference state-agency-immunity
Latest Conference: 2025-04-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

1.) Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court error by affirming the Commonwealths Courts ORDER (that was per .curiam) , and without any discussuon/opinion into the matters of public importance raised by Petitioner, all in what is to be a believed attempt to protect a Correctional Facility/Department of Corrections from a exception to a State Agency's Eleventh Amendment protection?
Suggested Answer: YES

2.) Should have the Department of Corrections be liable for monetary/compensatory damages, as a result of the Department of Corrections action/inaction , namely refusing sensitive legal mail and returning the same to sender without notifying inmate/petitioner (see Romig v. Wetzel, 280 A.3d 347, 2022 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 221, 2022 WL1612846) ?State
Suggested Answer: YES

3.) Should Petitioner be entitled to the requested ammount of $80,000.00 for punitive/compensatory damages as a result of violations of Petitioners United States Constitutional rights?
Suggested Answer: YES

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err by affirming a lower court order without discussing matters of public importance raised by Petitioner, potentially protecting the Department of Corrections from Eleventh Amendment challenges?

Docket Entries

2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-02-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 28, 2025)

Attorneys

Michael C. Romig
Michael C. Romig — Petitioner