DOOLEY v. WETZEL

No. 19-1684.

957 F.3d 366 (2020)

Casey DOOLEY, Appellant, v. John WETZEL; Keven Kaufman; Richard A. Goss.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: April 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amir H. Ali , Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, 777 6th Street N.W., 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20001, Bradley N. Garcia (Argued), Meaghan M. VerGow , O'Melveny & Meyers, 1625 I Street N.W., Washington, DC 20006, Counsel for Appellant.

Josh Shapiro , J. Bart DeLone , Michael J. Scarinci (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: JORDAN, SCIRICA, and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Appellant Casey Dooley challenges the District Court's sua sponte dismissal of his Complaint without leave to amend as well as the Court's declaration that the dismissal constituted a "strike" for purposes of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Because we agree that the District Court erred in...

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