CHIMENTI et al v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS (DOC) et al

Filing 108

ORDERED THAT PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION, AND ALL DOCUMENTS FILED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING MEMORANDUM IS GRANTED AS OUTLINED HEREIN. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOHN R. PADOVA ON 5/24/18. 5/25/18 ENTERED AND COPIES EMAILED TO COUNSEL.(jaa, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
SALVATORE CHIMENTI, ET AL.
v.
JOHN WETZEL, ET AL.

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CIVIL ACTION

NO. 15-3333

ORDER
AND NOW, this 24th day of May, 2018, upon consideration of Plaintiffs’ Renewed
Motion for Class Certification (Docket No. 94), and all documents filed in connection therewith,
and for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that
the Motion is GRANTED as follows:
1. This class shall proceed on behalf of the following class: all persons who are currently
incarcerated in a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections facility with a diagnosed
condition of Chronic Hepatitis C, and who have at least twelve (12) weeks or more
remaining to serve on their sentences, and who have a life expectancy of over one year.
2. The class shall be represented by Plaintiffs Salvatore Chimenti, Daniel Leyva, and
David Maldonado.
3. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g), David Rudovsky, Esq., Su Ming
Yeh, Esq., Stephen D. Brown, Esq., Christine Levin, Esq., and Rose Marie Wong, Esq.
are APPOINTED class counsel.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ John R. Padova
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John R. Padova, J.