Case Information
*1 Case 1:19-cv-02036-YK-EB Document 53 Filed 12/07/21 Page 1 of 2
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA KEVIN COIT, :
Plaintiff : No. 1:19-cv-02036
: v. : (Judge Kane)
:
JP LUTHER, et al., : Defendants :
ORDER AND NOW , on this 7th day of December 2021, in accordance with the Memorandum issued concurrently with this Order, IT IS ORDERED THAT :
1. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 39) is GRANTED IN PART
and DENIED IN PART , as follows:
a. Defendants’ motion (Doc. No. 39) is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff’s
First Amendment retaliation claims, Eighth Amendment medical care and excessive force claims, and his Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim, and the Clerk of Court is directed to defer the entry of judgment in favor of Defendants on those claims until the conclusion of the above- captioned action;
b. Defendants’ motion (Doc. No. 39) is DENIED with respect to Plaintiff’s
Eighth Amendment solicitation of suicide claim against Defendants Dickson, Dell, Wasko, Luther, Rivello, Wakefield, Garman, Sunderland, Fisher, and Swisher;
2. The above-captioned case is REFERRED to the Court’s Prisoner Litigation
Settlement Program; 3. Joseph Barrett, Esq., the ADR Coordinator for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, is
APPOINTED to serve as mediator; 4. All settlement discussions are confidential and may not be utilized by any party if
settlement is not reached; 5. In order to reduce cost, time, expense, inconvenience, and to suitably address
institutional security concerns, counsel for the Defendants and the mediator will coordinate with officials for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to schedule video-conference mediation sessions with Plaintiff at mutually convenient times, and in a manner that comports with the needs and concerns of prison officials; *2 Case 1:19-cv-02036-YK-EB Document 53 Filed 12/07/21 Page 2 of 2 6. The parties shall complete mediation within sixty (60) days of the date of this Order;
and 7. The parties and the mediator shall promptly notify the Court in writing if this case is
resolved through mediation.
s/ Yvette Kane Yvette Kane, District Judge United States District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania 2