GENESS v. PENNSYLVANIA

CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-876.

503 F.Supp.3d 318 (2020)

Craig GENESS v. Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

Filed November 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Sansone , Massimo A. Terzigni , Elizabeth Tuttle , Law Offices of Joel Sansone, Pittsburgh, PA, for Craig A. Geness.

Caroline Liebenguth , Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Eric G. Soller , William Pietragallo, II , James W. Kraus , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Robert Krandel , Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Philadelphia, PA, for Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

Jonathan Scott Goldman , Pro Hac Vice, PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Scott A. Bradley , Office of the Attorney General Litigation Section, Pittsburgh, PA, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

M. Abbegael Giunta , Governor's Office of General Counsel, Harrisburg, PA, for Pennsylvania Dept. of Human Services.


MEMORANDUM

Our Court of Appeals twice agreed with our concern systemic deficiencies at the juncture of the Commonwealth's criminal justice and mental health systems played a role in intellectually impaired Craig Geness spending over nine years in custody on a 2006 homicide charge while incompetent...

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