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Memorandum MUNLEY, District Judge. Before the court are plaintiffs objections (Doc. 8) to the report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Blewitt (Doc. 5) in this case. The matter has been briefed and is ripe for disposition. Background This case arises out of plaintiffs guilty plea and incarceration in Pike County, Pennsylvania. On August 15, 2006, plaintiff filed a pro se suit in this court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the attorney who represented him in that case (Defendant Farley), the Assistant District Attorney who prosecuted him (Defendant Tonkin), the judge who sentenced him (Defendant Kameen), the probation and parole officers assigned to him (Defendants Davis and Thiel), various county prison officials and employees who he claimed violated his constitutional rights during his incarceration (Defendants Lowe, Cronin and Williams) and the company hired to supervise medicine in the prison (Defendant Prime Care Medical). (See Complaint (Doc. 1)). Plaintiff had been paroled on July 24, 2005. (Id. at 3-4). Plaintiff sought a jury trial to address his claims of unwarranted seizure of personal property, “pain and suffering, mental anguish and depression, extended incarceration and sanctions exemplified by the defendant’s [sic].” (Id. at 4). He asked for monetary damages of $73,000 ($100 a day for two years of inearceration), punitive damages, “and related sanctions.” (Id.). In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that Defendant Farley, his public defender, engaged in a conspiracy with other defendants to deny plaintiff his constitutional rights. (Id. at ¶ 1 B). Plaintiff also claimed that Farley refused to investigate the charges against the plaintiff, but instead insisted on plaintiffs guilt. (Id. at ¶ 1 C). Plaintiff alleged malpractice by Farley in explaining the consequences of pleading guilty in the case. (Id. at ¶ 1 D). He also claimed that Farley refused to file any appeals in the case, insisting that plaintiff lacked standing to do so. (Id. at ¶ 1 E). At the plaintiffs sentencing, Defendant Farley attempted to prevent plaintiff from addressing the court in the manner that he wished to and instead insisted that plaintiff simply ask for a fair sentence. (Id. at ¶ 1 F). Defendant Farley also failed to appear at the court’s first attempt to sentence plaintiff, adding increased time and expense to both the plaintiff and the court. (Id. at ¶ 1 F). Plaintiff also alleges that Farley misled him about the length of his sentence; Farley told him that his sentence would not be more than ninety days, but plaintiff served thirteen and one-half months in prison, as well as additional sanctions. (Id. at ¶ 1 G). Plaintiff had agreed to a guilty plea, believing he would be sentenced to only ninety days. (Id. at ¶ 1 H). He alleges that he signed this plea due to the “lies, manipulation and trickery” of Defendant Farley. (Id. at ¶ II). After this plea, Defendant Farley refused to represent defendant in any appeals, and he was forced to proceed pro se. (Id. at ¶ 1 K). Plaintiff alleged as well that Defendant Farley violated lawyer-client confidentiality by revealing information to a probation officer in preparation for sentencing. (Id. at ¶ 1 M). Plaintiff also alleges that he was denied access to and review of court documents vital to his case, such as reports of discovery, his criminal history report, the probation office’s pre-sentence report, certain (unnamed) documents forwarded to the jail from the sentencing court and a transcript of a court hearing. (Id. at ¶ 1 N). Plaintiff blames defendant Judge Kameen for his lack of access to the transcript. (Id.). He contends that Defendants Farley, Ton-kin and Davis also prevented his access to these documents, and that Lt. Williams did not allow him to review the documents sent to the Pike County Jail. (Id.). Other defendants besides Attorney Farley, plaintiff claims, participated in a conspiracy to convince him to accept an unjust sentence in violation of his rights. Assistant District Attorney Tonkin, for instance, allegedly conspired with his co-defendants and “incorporated malfeasance against the plaintiff by denying him access and review of pertinent documents” essential to plaintiffs defense. (Id. at ¶ 2A). Tonkin also assured that the plea agreement to which plaintiff agreed “was not honored, not stated in open court, nor submitted to plaintiffs counsel” or plaintiff himself. (Id. at ¶ 2B). Defendant Brian Davis, a Pike County probation officer, attempted to convince plaintiff to admit to a crime he had not committed and which was irrelevant to the charges plaintiff faced. (Id. at ¶ 3A). Davis also improperly used previous “bad acts” by the plaintiff in determining plaintiffs sentence. (Id. at ¶ 3B). He failed to provide plaintiff an opportunity to review the pre-sentence report. (Id. at ¶ 3C). Defendant Davis also allegedly “incorporated biased, prejudicial and malicious judgment of character of the plaintiffs demeanor” into his report, demonstrating a “vindictive” and “negligent” attitude toward plaintiff. (Id. at ¶ 3D). According to the plaintiff, Judge Ka-meen, who sentenced him, did not announce this sentence in open court on January 22, 2004. (Id. at ¶ 4A). Judge Kameen also allegedly failed to discuss with plaintiff or his counsel the proposed sentence, and did not allow plaintiff to address the nature of the sentence in court. (Id. at ¶ 4B). The sentence Judge Ka-meen handed down, plaintiff asserts, was “illegal and excessive,” and the judge failed to issue a written memorandum explaining his deviations from the sentencing guidelines. (Id. at ¶¶ 4C-D). Judge Kameen also apparently failed to address any of the plaintiffs pro-se post-trial motions. (Id. at ¶ 4E). Mistreatment of the plaintiff allegedly continued when he entered prison at the Pike County Correctional Facility in Lords Valley, Pennsylvania. Warden Craig Lowe, plaintiff claims, permitted discrimination to occur at the facility by allowing his subordinates “to deny plaintiff proper medical treatment,” to charge “exhorbitant fee’s [sic] for the mailing” of legal materials, to prevent plaintiff from entering a drug and alcohol treatment, and to give him a narcotic that prevented his entry into such a program. (Id. at ¶ 5A). Warden Lowe also failed to “honor indigent status.” {Id. at ¶ 5B). Defendant Thiel, in his role as parole officer, also allegedly participated in this scheme to prevent plaintiff from gaining access to a substance abuse treatment program. {Id. at ¶ 8A). Plaintiff claims.that Defendant Thiel prevented him from learning the real reason for this denial. {Id.). Thiel allegedly conspired with Defendant Williams to achieve this end. {Id.). Prime Care Medical was also involved in this alleged mistreatment. The company, apparently charged with maintaining medical services in the Pike County Correctional Facility, allegedly “allowed unprofessional and inadequate treatment” to be provided the plaintiff. {Id. at ¶ 6A). The company also supposedly charged plaintiff fees for a nurse’s referral to see a doctor. {Id.). The doctor who provided plaintiff with medical care, plaintiff claims, would not permit him to seek treatment at a hospital for back and leg pain due to sciatic spasms. {Id. at ¶ 6B). When plaintiff complained of pain, three officers or officials at the prison who are not named here as defendants had plaintiff confined to the segregation unit. {Id. at ¶ 6C). Two cold air ducts blew “constantly” in this segregation cell, and the sink “leaked water onto the sheets and blanket and a bed” that was on the floor. {Id.). Nurses who worked weekday shifts for Prime Care also refused plaintiff access to bandages for cuts to his fingers, demanding that he see a doctor in order to obtain them. {Id. ¶ 6D). Plaintiff also alleges that Defendant Kathleen Cronin, an employee of the Pike County Correctional Facility Administration Office instituted “excessive and unreasonable fees” for mailing plaintiffs appeal of his sentence. {Id. at ¶ 7A). These fees, plaintiff claims, were designed to prevent him from appealing “by gouging and enhancing the actual cost of legal mailings for the plaintiff.” {Id.). As a result, “plaintiffs brief was left stagnant.” {Id.). Nevertheless, plaintiff filed an appeal of his sentence in February 2004. {Id.). The court has not yet ruled on the matter when plaintiff filed his claim. {Id.). Plaintiff also contends that his access to court documents was limited by Defendant Williams, who denied him an opportunity to review documents he had requested under the Freedom of Information Act. {Id. at ¶ 8A). Defendant Williams also refused to explain why plaintiff did not gain access to a drug and alcohol treatment program which would have limited the amount of time he had to remain in prison. {Id. at ¶ 8B). As a result, plaintiff claims, he had to remain incarcerated for nine months longer than he should have been. (Id.). Plaintiff gathered these charges together into a complaint (Doe. 1) which he filed on August 15, 2006. Plaintiff also filed a motion (Doc. 2) for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this court. Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Blewitt then gave plaintiffs complaint a preliminary screening to determine whether process should be issued in the case. In a report and recommendation (Doc. 5) issued on September 13, 2006, Magistrate Judge Blewitt concluded that plaintiffs complaint rested on a baseless legal theory and recommended that we dismiss the action. Plaintiff objected to these findings (Doc. 8), bringing the case to its present posture. Jurisdiction As this case is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for constitutional violations we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (“The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.”). Legal Standard In disposing of objections to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, the district court must make a de novo determination of those portions of the report to which objections are made. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); see also Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 877 (3d Cir.1987). This court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge. The district court judge may also receive further evidence or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions. Id. When no objections are offered, in order to decide whether to adopt the report and recommendation, we must determine whether a review of the record evidences plain error or manifest injustice. See, e.g., Sullivan v. Cuyler, 723 F.2d 1077, 1085 (3d Cir.1983); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b) 1983 Advisory Committee Notes (“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record to accept the recommendation”); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Discussion Most of the plaintiffs objections are simply a restatement of facts alleged in the complaint, and do not address the legal conclusions reached by the magistrate judge. Reading plaintiffs pro se filing liberally, we conclude that he offers objections to all of the substantive conclusion in the Magistrate Judge’s report and recommendation. We will address each of the magistrate judge’s conclusions in turn. Plaintiffs claim arises under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which provides in relevant part that “[ejvery person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proceeding for redress.” 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We will evaluate the complaint based on the legal standards developed to enforce this statute. A. Immunity for Certain Defendants The magistrate judge found that several of the defendants in this action were immune from suit under Section 1983. We will evaluate each of those findings in turn. i. Defendant Farley The magistrate judge concluded that Defendant Farley, who was appointed plaintiffs public defender in Pike County, was not a state actor and thus ineligible for suit under Section 1983. Plaintiffs claims of negligence, improper and unethical representation, inadequacy and failing to secure the sentence promised plaintiff all arose from Farley’s representation. The magistrate judge also found that plaintiff had not stated a cause of action for conspiracy against Farley under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) because he did not identify any specific conduct that advanced the conspiracy or allege any discriminatory motivation on Farley’s part. Plaintiff repeats his claims against Defendant Farley in objecting to the magistrate judge’s findings. Plaintiffs attorney allegedly failed to investigate plaintiffs case and simply insisted he was guilty, refused to provide him with a number of court documents related to his sentencing, failed to file an appeal, improperly induced plaintiff to sign a plea document, coerced his silence before the court prior to sentencing, denied plaintiffs request to file motions both before and after sentencing, falsely informed him that his sentence would be at most ninety days, failed to appear at plaintiffs first sentencing hearing, revealed privileged lawyer-client information and never reviewed the significance of plaintiffs prior bad acts for sentencing. We agree with the magistrate judge that plaintiff could not state a cause of action against Defendant Farley in this case because only those who act under color of state law are liable to suit under Section 1983. “[A] public defender does not act under color of state law when performing a lawyer’s traditional functions as counsel to a defendant in a criminal proceeding.” Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 325, 102 S.Ct. 445, 70 L.Ed.2d 509 (1981). The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, noting that “exposing court appointed counsel to liability under § 1983 would deter many qualified, competent lawyers from accepting court appointments in criminal cases,” and following the Supreme Court in Polk, has found such lawyers immune from suit under the statute. Black v. Bayer, 672 F.2d 309, 317 (3d Cir.1982). This case is like, Fletcher v. Hook, where the court dismissed a case filed under Section 1983 against a lawyer for failing to prepare for a trial, neglecting to interview witnesses, neglecting to file requested motions, allowing an excessive sentence and not assisting an appeal. Fletcher v. Hook, 446 F.2d 14 (3d Cir.1971). The court found that “the complaint alleges no more than a tort claim for malpractice against the attorney.” Id. at 16. We also agree with the magistrate judge’s conclusion that plaintiffs conspiracy claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) should be dismissed with regard to Defendant Farley. Plaintiff has not offered any allegations by which he could prove a conspiracy among the various court officers to deprive him of his rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3). See 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) (establishing liability “[i]f two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges or immunities under the laws[.]”). A plaintiff must establish facts that demonstrate the existence of a conspiracy to prevail on such a claim: “[m]ere conclusory allegations of deprivations of constitutional rights [citations omitted] are insufficient to state a § 1985(3) claim.” D.R. v. Middle Bucks Area Vocational Tech. School, 972 F.2d 1364, 1377 (3d Cir.1992); see also Robinson v. McCorkle, 462 F.2d 111, 113 (3d Cir.1972) (“holding that ‘[w]ith near unanimity, the courts have rejected complaints containing mere conclusory allegations of deprivations of constitutional rights protected under § 1985(3).’ ”). Here, the defendant simply claims in a conclusory fashion that Defendant Farley conspired with Judge Kameen and ADA Tonkin to mislead him about his sentence, but offers no factual allegations to support such a claim. Therefore, even if immunity did not protect Defendant Farley from suit under the civil rights laws, his failure to allege facts that could prove a conspiracy would. ii. Judge Kameen The magistrate judge found that Judge Kameen enjoyed judicial immunity from suit because the conduct plaintiff complained of occurred in Judge Kameen’s performance of his official duties. In objecting to the magistrate judge’s recommendation, the plaintiff restates his claims against Judge Kameen. Plaintiff alleges that Judge Kameen refused to consider motions and other filings that plaintiff submitted to the court, gave him a sentence that exceeded the proper guideline range, conspired with the public defender and district attorney in a sidebar conversation to deny plaintiff his rights, failed to follow procedural rules, did not engage in a public plea colloquy, failed to sign court documents and neglected to declare plaintiffs sentence in open court. All of these allegations, plaintiff contends, entitle him to relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We agree with the magistrate judge that plaintiff could not obtain any relief against Judge Kameen from the facts here alleged. The United States Supreme Court has been clear that “ ‘judges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their judicial acts, even when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly.’ ” Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 355, 98 S.Ct. 1099, 55 L.Ed.2d 331 (1978) (quoting Bradley v. Fisher, 13 Wall. 335, 351, 20 L.Ed. 646 (1872)). This doctrine aims to keep judges independent from influence and protect them from intimidation by those who would use the threat of court action to influence the outcome of a proceeding. See Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547, 554, 87 S.Ct. 1213, 18 L.Ed.2d 288 (1967) (finding that “it is a judge’s duty to decide all cases within his jurisdiction that are brought before him, including controversial cases that arouse the most intense feeling in the litigants. His errors may be corrected on appeal, but he should not have to fear that unsatisfied litigants may hound him with litigation charging malice or corruption. Imposing such a burden on judges would contribute not to principled and fearless decisionmaking but to intimidation.”). All of the conduct alleged here against Judge Kameen, including the alleged conspiracy in which he engaged to convince plaintiff to accept an unjust sentence, occurred in the context of his duties as a judge. Accordingly, he is entitled to absolute immunity from suit, and we will adopt the report and recommendation that we dismiss the case against Judge Kameen. iii. ADA Tonkin The magistrate judge also recommended that we dismiss the complaint against Assistant District Attorney Tonkin. He found that all of plaintiffs claims against the District Attorney were intimately connected to Tonkin’s performance of his official duties in the courtroom. Conspiracy claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) should also be dismissed, the magistrate judge found, because plaintiff had not alleged any specific acts in furtherance of the conspiracy. In disputing these findings, plaintiff again merely repeats his earlier allegations against ADA Tonkin. He claims that Defendant Tonkin denied him access to and review of court documents related to his sentencing and conspired with Judge Kameen and Attorney Farley to mislead plaintiff about the possible terms of his sentence. A prosecutor enjoys absolute immunity from suit for conduct “intimately associated with the judicial phase of the criminal process.” Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 430, 96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976). In determining whether to grant such immunity “[c]ourts are obligated to take a functional approach to questions of absolute immunity, and should focus on ‘the nature of the function performed, not the identity of the actor who performed it and evaluate the effect that exposure to particular forms of liability would likely have on the appropriate exercise of that function.’ ” Light v. Haws, 472 F.3d 74, 78 (3d Cir.2007). Still, “a prosecutor is absolutely immune when acting as an advocate in judicial proceedings.” Donahue v. Gavin, 280 F.3d 371, 377 n. 15 (3d Cir.2002). Activities included under that category are “initiating and pursuing a criminal prosecution and presenting the state’s case in court.” Hughes v. Long, 242 F.3d 121, 125 (3d Cir.2001). Courts have also found that “a prosecutor’s decision whether to dispose of a case by plea bargain—because dependent on delicate judgements affecting the course of a prosecution—is protected by the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity.” Davis v. Grusemeyer, 996 F.2d 617, 629 (3d Cir.1993). We agree with the magistrate judge that ADA Tonkin is immune from suit for the conduct which plaintiff alleges caused him injury. The activities of which plaintiff complains were all connected intimately to the sentence that plaintiff received as a result of his plea bargain, and were thus part of the “delicate judgements affecting the course of a prosecution.” Id. An attorney attempting to dispose of a case through the negotiations surrounding a plea bargain is engaging in his prosecu-torial duties as surely as an ADA deciding whether to bring an indictment or ask for a particular' sentence. Such conduct is “intimately associated with the judicial phase of the criminal process.” Imbler, 424 U.S. at 430, 96 S.Ct. 984. While a plaintiff may have recourse in a federal habeas corpus suit or some other state court action for post-conviction relief based on the prosecutor’s conduct in securing his guilty plea and sentence, that same plaintiff may not bring a civil action against a prosecutor for the actions that led to that complained-of sentence. The doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity provides protection. That doctrine similarly protects ADA Tonkin from suit by the plaintiff for conspiracy under Section 1985(3). Even if plaintiff had pled the alleged conspiracy more specifically and met the standards discussed supra, ADA Tonkin would be immune from suit for his actions in negotiating a guilty plea. We will therefore adopt the magistrate judge’s recommendation that we dismiss all plaintiffs claims against ADA Tonkin. iv. Probation Officer Davis and Parole Officer Thiel The magistrate judge found that plaintiff could not state a claim against either Probation Officer Davis or Parole Officer Thiel. The magistrate judge also found that because a prisoner has no constitutional right to be housed in any particular facility or program, plaintiff could not state a claim against Defendant Thiel for failing to secure him a place in any such institution. Because the act of compiling a pre-sentence report that included recommendations for housing are judicial functions related to a judicial process, the magistrate judge concluded that Defendant Davis and Thiel both enjoyed absolute immunity for those actions. The court also recommended dismissal of conspiracy charges under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) against Defendants Davis and Thiel because the plaintiff had failed to allege any overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy. Plaintiff again objects to these findings by repeating the allegations in his complaint. He contends that Probation Officer Davis made use of information from plaintiffs attorney that should have been kept confidential as privileged attorney-client communications, improperly used prior bad acts in making his sentencing recommendation, attempted to induce plaintiff to admit to a crime he had not committed and recommended a sentence that was inappropriate to plaintiffs crime. Defendant Thiel, plaintiff claims, refused to release him on the date ordered by the parole board, denied plaintiff access to an anger-management program he had agreed to enter and did not inform him of the reasons he had been denied access to this program. We agree with the magistrate judge that the probation/parole officer defendants are immune from suit for their participation in the preparation of the pre-sentence report. Preparing a presentence report requires that an officer “include information regarding the circumstances of the offense and the character of the defendant sufficient to assist the judge in determining sentence.” Pa. R.Crim. P. 702(3). This activity is aimed at assisting the court in making a decision about the nature of the sentence, and is prepared at the direction of the court and as part of the sentencing proceedings. See 42 Pa. C.S. § 9732 (establishing that “[t]he pre-sentence report shall include a summary of the circumstances attending the commission of the crime, the history of delinquency or criminality, physical and mental condition, family situation and background, economic status, education, occupation and personal habits of the defendant, any history of drug or alcohol abuse or addiction and any other matters that the person preparing the report deems relevant or that the court directs be included.”). Such presentence reports are thus “integral parts of the judicial process” and those who prepare them are “immune from suits under Section 1983.” See McArdle v. Tro-netti, 961 F.2d 1083, 1084 (3d Cir.1992) (finding that a prison doctor who prepared a diagnosis of plaintiff as a paranoid schizophrenic at the request of the court served as “an arm of the court” and was absolutely immune from suit); see also Dorman v. Higgins, 821 F.2d 133, 136-37 (2d Cir.1987) (finding that a probation officer was immune from suit for “preparing and furnishing presentence reports to the court” because such action is “integrally related to the judicial process.”); Peay v. Ajello, 470 F.3d 65, 68-69 (2d Cir.2006) (finding that “Connecticut probation officers are entitled to absolute immunity from claims for damages in preparation and furnishing of presentence reports to trial courts” because of “ ‘the desirability of having such reports provide the courts with all information that may be relevant to sentencing, and in light of the availability of procedural mechanisms for the defendant to challenge those aspects of the reports that he feels are inaccurate.’ ”) (quoting Hili v. Sciarrotta, 140 F.3d 210, 213 (2d Cir.1998)). To the extent that plaintiff sues defendants for their participation in preparing his pre-sentence report, then, they are absolutely immune from suit. We also agree with the magistrate judge that plaintiff cannot state a claim based on the failure of a parole officer to secure him a place in a particular rehabilitative program. A prisoner does not have a constitutional right of access to particular treatment programs. See, e.g., Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78, 88 n. 9, 97 S.Ct. 274, 50 L.Ed.2d 236 (1976) (finding that a prisoner could not state a due process claim either for transfer to a “substantially less agreeable prison” or because he had not been given access to prison rehabilitation programs since “Congress has given federal prison officials full discretion to control the conditions of confinement [citation omitted], and petitioner has no legitimate statutory or constitutional entitlement sufficient to invoke due process.”); Groppi v. Bosco, 208 Fed.Appx. 113, 115 (3d Cir.2006) (finding that a prisoner “does not have a constitutional right to participate in the drug treatment program.”). Here, plaintiff alleges a constitutional violation because he did not receive access to prison rehabilitation programs in which he would have liked to participate. Plaintiff could not prevail on such a claim and we will adopt the magistrate judge’s recommendation that we dismiss it. Because plaintiff offers only conclusory allegations of a conspiracy under Section 1985(3) by these defendants to violate his rights, and because that alleged conspiracy apparently relates to activity for which those defendants enjoy immunity, we will likewise adopt the magistrate judge’s recommendation that we dismiss plaintiffs conspiracy claim against these defendants. B. Claims Against Defendants Who Do Not Enjoy Immunity i. Prime Care Medical, Inc. The magistrate judge found that plaintiff had not stated a claim against Prime Care Medical under § 1983. He concluded that Prime Care was not a “person” subject to suit under the statute, and that plaintiff had not alleged that Prime Care had any established policy or custom that led to a constitutional violation. In addition, the magistrate judge found that any claims against Prime Care for inadequate medical treatment under the Eighth Amendment should be dismissed because plaintiff had alleged only that company employees were negligent, not that they were deliberately indifferent to plaintiffs serious medical need. Plaintiff again simply repeats his earlier claims when objecting to the magistrate judge’s conclusions. He alleges that a doctor at the prison refused to have him admitted to a hospital for back pain, and that the prison placed him in segregation when he continued to complain of this condition. Nurses, plaintiff contends, refused to provide him with bandages for cuts on his fingers unless he paid a $3.00 fee for that service. This treatment, he claims, subjected him to potential staph infections. First, we agree that Prime Care is not liable for suit under § 1983. To the extent that Prime Care is an agency of the state of Pennsylvania, it is not a person for purposes of Section 1983, and therefore not liable to suit under the statute. Hafer v. Melo, 502 U.S. 21, 26, 112 S.Ct. 358, 116 L.Ed.2d 301 (1991). In any case, the actions of Prime Care employees cannot give rise to liability for the company, since respondeat superior liability is not available under Section 1983. See Natale v. Camden Co. Correctional Facility, 318 F.3d 575, 584 (3d Cir.2003). Prime Care could be liable under that section only if plaintiff could demonstrate “that there was a relevant ... policy or custom and that the policy caused the constitutional violation” plaintiff alleges. Id. In Na-tale, the court found that the defendant health care company, which provided prison services, could be found liable for a policy that did not require employees to report inmate’s serious medical conditions to any supervisors or to see a doctor within 72 hours of arriving in the prison. Id. at 584-85. A reasonable juror could find that policy represented “deliberate indifference to ... inmates’ medical needs.” Id. at 585. Plaintiff here complains of failure to treat an injury, but does not point to any policy that caused that failure on the part of defendant Prime Care. Indeed, his complaint is not with the policy but with his doctor’s decision not to treat him. Unlike in Nótale, plaintiff does not allege that his injury is the result of a policy or custom consistently applied. Plaintiffs allegation therefore amounts to an allegation of respondeat superior liability based on the treatment he received from a doctor Prime Care employed. Prime Care cannot be liable based on such facts under § 1983. In any case, plaintiff could not state a case against any defendants here for violating his constitutional rights in relation to his medical care. The Supreme Court has established that “deliberate indifference to serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes the ‘unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain’ proscribed by the Eighth Amendment.” Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104, 97 S.Ct. 285, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976) (quoting Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153, 173, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976)). In other words, a prisoner must meet a two-part test to claim a violation of his constitutional rights based on inadequate medical treatment: “it requires deliberate indifference on the part of the prison officials and it requires the prisoner’s medical needs be serious.” West v. Keve, 571 F.2d 158, 161 (3d Cir.1977). “A ‘serious’ medical need may fairly be regarded as one that has been diagnosed by a physician as requiring treatment or one that is so obvious that a lay person would easily recognize the necessity for a doctor’s attention.” Pace v. Fauver, 479 F.Supp. 456, 458 (D.N.J.1979). Courts can look to the outcome of failing to treat a medical need when determining whether that need was “serious.” See Estelle, 429 U.S. at 103-4, 97 S.Ct. 285 (holding as potentially unconstitutional denying medical care that leads to “pain and suffering which no one suggests would serve any penological purpose.”). Here, plaintiff could not demonstrate deliberate indifference on the part of any defendant. In this case, plaintiff was treated by a prison doctor. He does not name this doctor as a defendant, but instead names a variety of prison officials and the prison health-care provider, Prime Care. In cases where the plaintiff receives medical treatment from a doctor, non-medical personnel cannot be found “deliberately indifferent” to a plaintiffs serious medical needs for failing to alter the course of medical care approved of by a doctor. See Durmer v. O’Carroll, 991 F.2d 64, 69 (3d Cir.1993) (finding that two defendants who failed to respond to plaintiffs complaints about his medical treatment could not be liable, since “neither can be considered deliberately indifferent simply because they failed to respond directly to the medical complaints of a prisoner who was already being treated by the prison doctor.”). We have already discussed why defendant Prime Care is not liable to suit in this case. The other named defendants, who did not play a role in supervising plaintiffs medical care, also cannot be held liable for medical treatment in which they played no role and for which a doctor took charge. See Hampton v. Holmesburg Prison Officials, 546 F.2d 1077, 1082 (3d Cir.1976) (finding that a Section 1983 claim could not be made against a prison warden when that warden had not participated in or had actual knowledge of prison guards’ alleged wrongdoing and “in § 1983 suits liability may not be imposed on the traditional standards of respondeat superior.”). Here, there is no allegation that the non-medical defendants had any reason to believe plaintiff had been mistreated by medical personnel, and defendants are thus not liable for such claims. See Spruill v. Gillis, 372 F.3d 218, 236 (3d Cir.2004) (finding that “absent a reason to believe (or actual knowledge) that prison doctors or their assistants are mistreating (or not treating) a prisoner, a non-medical prison official ... will not be chargeable with the Eighth Amendment scienter requirement of deliberate indifference.”). Even if the defendants could be found liable for the medical care plaintiff received, we would find no violation of his constitutional rights through this treatment. Plaintiffs complaints about his medical treatment consist of allegations that Defendant Prime Care charged the plaintiff a fee for a nurse referral to see a doctor; that the doctor treating him refused to allow plaintiff treatment at a hospital despite severe leg and back pain due to sciatic spasms; that nurses employed by Prime Care denied him proper medical care and refused him bandages for cuts on his fingers without authorization from a doctor. None of these allegations amount to conduct which we could consider deliberate indifference to a serious medical need, even if plaintiff could avoid the problems of alleging respondeat superior liability. Plaintiff may have had to pay a referral fee to see a doctor, but he saw a doctor, making any claim of deliberate indifference to his medical needs unavailing. See Rouse v. Plantier, 182 F.3d 192, 197 (3d Cir.1999) (finding that plaintiffs seeking relief for an Eighth Amendment violation related to medical treatment “must demonstrate (1) that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to them medical needs and (2) that those needs were serious.”); Reynolds v. Wagner, 128 F.3d 166, 174 (3d Cir.1997) (finding that “[i]f a prisoner is able to pay for medical care, requiring such payment is not ‘deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.’ ”) (quoting Helling v. McKinney, 509 U.S. 25, 32, 113 S.Ct. 2475, 125 L.Ed.2d 22 (1993)). Plaintiffs claim against his doctor for failing to order specific tests also does not give rise to an Eighth Amendment claim; a plaintiff cannot succeed on such a claim merely by expressing dissatisfaction with treatment or disagreeing with a doctor’s conclusion. See Monmouth County Correctional Institutional Inmates v. Lanzan, 834 F.2d 326, 346 (3d Cir.l987)(hold-ing that “mere disagreement as to the proper medical treatment [does not] support a claim of an eighth amendment violation.”). Plaintiffs complaint about restricted access to bandages similarly does not amount to deliberate indifference to his serious medical need; he does not claim that he was denied treatment, but merely that he did not receive treatment from the providers he would have preferred. See McArdle v. Tronetti, 961 F.2d 1083, 1088 (3d Cir.1992) (finding that plaintiff could not have made out an Eighth Amendment claim because he did not allege that “while in custody he had serious medical needs which were deliberately ignored.”). Those arrangements constitute a policy for delivering services, not a deliberate indifference to plaintiffs needs. Accordingly, we will adopt the report and recommendation and dismiss plaintiffs Eighth Amendment claims against Prime Care Medical. ii. Warden Lowe The magistrate judge recommended that plaintiffs claims against Warden Lowe be dismissed. No claims directly against Warden Lowe existed, and respondeat superior liability is unavailable under Section 1983. Plaintiff responds to this finding by pointing out that “it is the warden’s responsibility as the superior of the correctional facility to oversee his staff members.” (Plaintiffs Objections (Doc. 8) at 6). Plaintiffs statement here provides the definition of respondeat superior liability. Since we agree with the magistrate that such liability is not available under Section 1983, we agree that the claim should be dismissed. See Polk County et al. v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 325, 102 S.Ct. 445, 70 L.Ed.2d 509 (1981) (holding that “Section 1983 will not support a claim based on a respondeat superior theory of liability.”). iii. Cronin, PCCF Administration Office The magistrate judge found that the plaintiff had attempted to assert a First Amendment denial of access to the courts claim against Defendant Cronin based on excessive fees charged for mailing legal papers. Since the plaintiff did not allege that he had been precluded from filing court papers or that a claim had been dismissed because of prison mail polices, he could not state a claim of interference with his First Amendment rights. Plaintiff responds with complaints about the excessive cost charged for mailing this complaint and the delays in filing that those charges caused. He does not, however, assert that his claim was dismissed as a result of these delays. When a prisoner alleges that prison policies have denied him access to the courts, he must “allege actual injury, such as the loss or rejection of a legal claim.” Oliver v. Fauver, 118 F.3d 175, 177 (3d Cir.1997). Accordingly, we find that the plaintiff agrees that he suffered no actual prejudice from the cost of mailing, and that the plaintiffs First Amendment claim on these grounds could not succeed. Plaintiff may have been outraged by the costs of mailing documents, but his claim was not prejudiced and he cannot obtain any relief based on any facts he could prove. iv. Lt. Williams of the Pike County Correctional Facility The magistrate judge recommends dismissal of plaintiffs claims against Defendant Williams for denying him access to court documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The court found that plaintiff had not alleged any actual injury from this denial of access claim and therefore could not bring his case. Defendant objects, alleging that Lt. Williams refused to forward him court documents, provided him with irrelevant documents and conspired with Officer Thiel to prevent him from obtaining other important documents. In this objection, plaintiff does not rectify the problem identified by the magistrate judge: he does not allege that this denial of requested documents caused him any prejudice, nor does he explain any injury caused by his failure to obtain the requested materials. We agree with the magistrate judge that plaintiffs lack of injury from not receiving these documents is fatal to his claim of a Section 1983 violation. See Oliver, 118 F.3d at 177; Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 349, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996) (holding that “[t]he requirement that an inmate alleging a violation of [the right of access to the courts] must show an actual injury derives ultimately from the doctrine of standing, a constitutional principle that prevents courts of law from undertaking tasks assigned to the political branches.”). Here, plaintiff alleges only that he was denied access to the documents, not that denying him access to the documents caused him any harm in terms of his guilty plea or the sentence he received. Accordingly, he cannot state a claim under Section 1983 for denial of access to the courts. We will therefore dismiss this claim. Conclusion We will therefore adopt the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and dismiss plaintiffs complaint. Because all of the plaintiffs claims are without a legal basis that could not be established by pleading more facts, we also find that amending the complaint would be futile, and we will dismiss the action with prejudice. See Shane v. Fauver, 213 F.3d 113, 116 (3d Cir.2000) (finding that “the District Court should not have dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims without either granting leave to amend or concluding that any amendment would be futile.”). ORDER AND NOW, to wit, this 17th day of May 2007: 1) the report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Blewitt (Doc. 5) is hereby ADOPTED; 2) the plaintiffs objections (Doc. 8) to the report and recommendation are hereby DENIED; 3) the plaintiffs complaint (Doc. 1) is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice; 4) plaintiffs motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 2) is hereby GRANTED solely for the purpose of our preliminary consideration of the matter; and 5) the Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE the case. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION BLEWITT, United States Magistrate Judge. I. Background. Plaintiff, Donald Stankowski, filed the instant civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on August 15, 2006. (Doc. 1). The Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, also filed an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 2). The Plaintiff was not a prisoner at the time of filing this case, but he complains about alleged actions taken by the Defendants which resulted, in part, in his past confinement at Pike County Correctional Facility (“PCCF”). As noted, Plaintiff also complains about conditions of his confinement at PCCF. Jurisdiction of this Court is found at 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 & 1343(a). We now give preliminarily consideration to the Plaintiffs Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”). The PLRA obligates the Court to engage in a screening process when a person wishes to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Specifically, § 1915(e)(2), which was created by § 805(a)(5) of the Act, provides: (2) Notwithstanding any filing fee, or any portion thereof, that may have been paid, the court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that (A) the allegation of poverty is untrue; or (B) the action or appeal (i) is frivolous or malicious; (ii) fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted; or (iii) seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. Despite the fact that Plaintiff is no longer a prisoner, § 1915(e)(2) applies to all in forma pauperis complaints, and not just to prisoners. See Grayson v. Mayview State Hosp., 293 F.3d 103, 110, n. 10 (3d Cir.2002); Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1129 (9th Cir.2000); Williams v. Marino, Civil No. 03-0632, M.D. Pa. January 12, 2004, Memorandum and Order, p. 4. We shall recommended that all nine (9) Defendants be dismissed for failure to state a claim against them pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). II. Motion to Dismiss Standard. When evaluating a motion to dismiss, the court must accept all material allegations of the complaint as true and construe all inferences in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236, 94 S.Ct. 1683, 40 L.Ed.2d 90 (1974). A complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears “beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.” Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 44-46, 78 S.Ct. 99, 2 L.Ed.2d 80 (1957); Ransom v. Marrazzo, 848 F.2d 398, 401 (3d Cir.1988). A complaint that sets out facts which affirmatively demonstrate that the plaintiff has no right to recover is properly dismissed without leave to amend. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 107-108, 97 S.Ct. 285, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976). III. Section 1983 Standard. In a § 1983 civil rights action, the Plaintiff must prove the following two essential elements: (1) that the conduct complained of was committed by a person acting under color of state law; and (2) that the conduct complained of deprived the Plaintiff of rights, privileges or immunities secured by the law or the Constitution of the United States. Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981); Kost v. Kozakiewicz, 1 F.3d 176, 184 (3d Cir.1993); See also Holocheck v. Luzerne County Head Start, Inc., 385 F.Supp.2d 491, 498-499 (M.D.Pa.). It is well established that personal liability under section 1983 cannot be imposed upon a state official based on a theory of respondeat superior. See, e.g., Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 362, 96 S.Ct. 598, 46 L.Ed.2d 561 (1976); Hampton v. Holmesburg Prison Officials, 546 F.2d 1077, 1082 (3d Cir.1976); Parratt, supra. It is also well settled in the Third Circuit that personal involvement of defendants in alleged constitutional deprivations is a requirement in a § 1983 case and that a complaint must allege such personal involvement. Id. Each named defendant must be shown, through the complaint’s allegations, to have been personally involved in the events or occurrences upon which Plaintiffs claims are based. Id. As the Court stated in Rode v. Dellarciprete, 845 F.2d 1195, 1207 (3d Cir.1988): A defendant in a civil rights action must have personal involvement in the alleged wrongs.... [Pjersonal involvement can be shown through allegations of personal direction or of actual knowledge and acquiescence. Allegations of participation or actual knowledge and acquiescence, however, must be made with appropriate particularity. (Citations omitted). A civil rights complaint must state time, place, and responsible persons. Id. Courts have also held that an allegation seeking to impose liability on a defendant based on supervisory status, without more, will not subject the official to section 1983 liability. See Rode, 845 F.2d at 1208. IV. Allegations of Plaintiffs Complaint. The Defendants are as follows: Thomas F. Farley, Esquire, Pike County Public Defender; Brian Davis, Probation Officer, Pike County Probation Office (“PO”); Craig Lowe, PCCF Warden; PrimeCare Medical, Inc.; Kathleen Cronin, Administrator, PCCF; Joseph F. Kameen, Presiding Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pike County; Paul Thiel, State Parole Officer; Lt. Williams, Pike County Correctional Facility; and Raymond J. Tonkin, Assistant District Attorney (“ADA”), Pike County. (Doc. 1, p. 6). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Farley, his Public Defender, “entered into a chain, inchoate, conspiracy with the so-named co-Defendants ... to induce the Plaintiff ... into a wanton discriminatory restraint of a misdemeanor charge by the induction of an excessive and illegal court decision entered against the Plaintiff, denying the Plaintiff of his freedom and liberty as guaranteed under ... due process of law.” (Doc. 1, pp. 4, 7). Plaintiff also claims that Defendant Farley conspired with the other Defendants by use of lies and deceit to deprive Plaintiff of his freedom, and that he refused to do any factual investigation into the charges against Plaintiff. Plaintiff claims that Defendant Farley only induced statements of guilt against him by repeating to Plaintiff “you’re guilty.” (Id., p. 7). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Farley committed malpractice by failing to present any defenses in his case. Plaintiff states that Defendant Farley deliberately disregarded his requests to file any appeals in his criminal case. Plaintiff states that Defendant Farley advised him that he could only file a PCRA petition, but Plaintiff claims that he had already filed two such petitions, and that Defendant Judge Kameen never responded to them. Plaintiff claims that Defendant Judge Kameen denied or failed to address various motions he filed in his criminal case. (Id., p. 8). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Farley told Plaintiff not to read his prepared statement at his sentencing on January 22, 2004, and that Judge Kameen denied him the opportunity to complete his statements. (Id., p. 9). Plaintiff also claims that Defendant Farley failed to appear at his first sentencing date in December 2003 without explanation, and states that Defendant showed neglect and lack of consideration to the court and to him. (Id.). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Farley “instigated the Plaintiff into a false conception of the amount of time the Plaintiff would have to remain incarcerated.” (Id., p. 10). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Farley told him that Defendant Probation Officer Davis recommended a 9-month prison sentence for Plaintiff and that he [Farley] saved Plaintiff 5 months off of the probation officer’s recommendation. (Id.). Plaintiff states that he then served a 13]é months sentence of incarceration. Plaintiff states that his counsel failed to state his plea bargain in open court after it was supposedly incorporated into the record. hearing on January 22, 2004, Defendant Farley, along with Defendant Assistant District Attorney Tonkin and Defendant Judge Kameen, had a side bar conference, and Farley then told Plaintiff that the Judge agreed to give him a 90-days sentence and time served credit for 13 days. Plaintiff states that he then agreed to plead guilty based on the assumption that he would not be incarcerated more than 90 days. (Id., p. 10). Plaintiff states that at his sentencing Plaintiff states that Defendant Farley then deceived him into signing the guilty plea colloquy without giving him a chance to read it all. Plaintiff states that Defendant Farley committed malpractice by not sending him a signed copy of the colloquy. Plaintiff also states Defendant Farley committed malpractice, since the colloquy indicated “N/A” as to whether his sentence would include probation/parole, and since he was placed on parole from June 4, 2004 until January 6, 2005. (Id., p. 11). Plaintiff states that he remained incarcerated despite being granted parole and that he was not released until February 24, 2005 due to the imposition of a 3-month inpatient sanction against him. (Id.). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Farley failed to advise him that his previous bad acts would be used against him with respect to his sentencing on the non-related misdemeanor charge to which he pled guilty. (Id., p. 12). Plaintiff claims that the Public Defender was not eligible to represent him with respect to his vehicle offense, and that Defendant Farley failed to file an appeal of his sentence for him in February 2004. Plaintiff claims that the Defendant Judge Kameen did not properly explain why his bail release was not granted, and states that he did not receive a copy of the court’s order denying him bail until January 2005. Plaintiff states that even though the judge denied him bail, he was not a threat to the community. (Id.). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Farley violated the attorney/client privilege, since information that was to remain sealed was divulged and used against him at the pre-sentencing hearing (meeting) of Defendant PO Davis. (Id., p. 13). Plaintiff claims that he was denied access and review of several documents by Defendants Farley, Defendant ADA Tonkin, PO Davis, Judge Kameen, and Defendant Lt. Williams, including discovery reports, criminal history report, probation pre-sentence report, and he claims that Defendant Judge Kameen denied him the transcript of his court hearing. (Id.). Plaintiff then details his allegations against the other specific Defendants. Plaintiff states that Defendant ADA Ton-kin conspired with the other Defendants by denying him access and review of pertinent documents vital to his defense. (Id., p. 14). Plaintiff states that the plea agreement was not honored, was not stated in open court (even though it was incorporated into the record), and was not submitted to Plaintiff or his counsel. Plaintiff states that Defendant PO Davis, during the pre-sentence conference, tried to get Plaintiff to admit he committed other crimes not relevant to Plaintiffs case at issue and not committed by Plaintiff. Plaintiff claims that Defendant Davis, in his pre-sentence report, used other bad acts of Plaintiff that were not relevant to Plaintiffs pending misdemeanor charge. Plaintiff claims that Defendant Davis denied him access and review of his pre-sentence report. (Id.). Further, Plaintiff claims that Defendant Davis incorporated bias and malicious judgments of his character in wanton negligence at to the truth of them. (Id., p. 15). Plaintiff states that Defendant Judge Kameen did not state any sentence or sanction against him in open court on January 22, 2004. Plaintiff claims that the Judge did not discuss fines, parole and program attendance with Plaintiff in open court. Plaintiff claims that his sentence imposed by Judge Kameen was illegal and excessive. Plaintiff claims that Judge Kameen did not submit a written statement for deviating from the sentencing guidelines and did not state the reasons in open court. (Id.). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Kameen refused to address Plaintiffs motions that he filed. (Id., p. 16). Plaintiff states that Defendant Warden Craig at PCCF misused his authority and denied Plaintiff proper medical treatment, charged exorbitant fees for Plaintiffs legal mailings, and denied Plaintiff release into the drug and alcohol program because the prison’s medical department allowed Plaintiff to receive a narcotic, which caused Plaintiff an additional 9 months confinement since he was not accepted into the program due to the fact he was not drug free. (Id.). Plaintiff claims that he was not accepted into the drug/alcohol program since he was informed that he was not suitable for it, and that Defendant Craig did not honor his indigent status. Plaintiff claims that Defendant Prime Care Medical, Inc. (“PMC”), allowed unprofessional and inadequate treatment to him and charged him a fee for an insur-anee referral to see a doctor. Plaintiff claims that the attending doctor refused to let him go the hospital when he was in excruciating pain due to sciatic spasms. (Id., p. 17). Plaintiff alleges that two non-Defendant prison staff committed him to segregation because he was complaining of pain and that the segregation was cold and had a leaking sink. Plaintiff also states that PMC nurses denied him proper medical care and told him he had to see a doctor for a band-aid for his cut fingers. (M.). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Cronin, PCCF Administration Office, “Incorporated excessive and unreasonable fees regarding the mailings of Plaintiffs appeal.” Plaintiff claims that Defendant Cronin’s actions were instituted to prevent him from filing his appeal by gouging and enhancing the actual cost of his legal mailings. Interestingly, Plaintiff admits that he filed several motions with the sentencing court pro se. (Id., pp. 8-9). Plaintiff also admits that he filed an appeal of his sentence on February 17, 2004, and that it was docketed on February 20, 2004. Plaintiff admits that his appeal is still pending. (Id., p. 12). Thus, Plaintiffs own admissions belie his denial of access to court claim against Defendant Cronin. Even though Plaintiff claims that the refusal of Defendant Cronin to charge “actual fees” and that his brief in support of his appeal was “left stagnant” and that his appeal is still not addressed by the court, Plaintiff fails to allege an actual injury since his appeal was admittedly filed and not dismissed for failure to file a brief. (Id., p. 18). Plaintiff claims that Defendant Lt. Williams, head of Administration at PCCF, denied him access to court documents relevant to his charges and case he requested under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) which were sent by the court to the prison. (Id., p. 18). Plaintiff also claims that Defendant Williams denied him an explanation as to the reason why he was denied access to the drug/alcohol program, and that when he was granted parole on June 4, 2004, and he was eligible to enter into a program, the only reason for denial that he was given was that he was unsuitable for the program. As a result, Plaintiff claims that he had to spend an extra 9 months incarceration. (Id.). Plaintiff states that he was not informed that he was denied acceptance into the drug/alcohol program because medical staff gave him a narcotic which precluded his participation in the program. Plaintiff claims that this information was not known to him until February 2005. (Id., p. 19). Finally, Plaintiff claims that Defendant State Parole Agent Thiel knowingly denied him access to a rehabilitation facility, which he was granted on June 4, 2004 by the Pennsylvania State Parole Board, and claims that he “was kept incognito as to the actual reason for denial of the Plaintiff for entrance into the program.” (Id., p. 19). Plaintiff states that this action was “conspired by Mr. Thiel and Lt. Williams, no facilities for disabled at program.” (Id.). At the end of his Statement of Claims, Plaintiff notes that Defendant Warden Lowe is responsible for the conduct of the staff at PCCF. (Id.). However, the law is well-settled that respondeat superior is not a basis to hold any supervisory official liable in a § 1983 action. See Rode, supra. As relief in his present Complaint, the Plaintiff requests compensatory and punitive damages. (Doc. 1, p. 4, 1ÍV. Relief). Plaintiff also request damages for “pain and suffering, mental anguish and depression.” (Doc. 1, p. 4, ¶ V.). V. Discussion. We shall discuss Plaintiffs claims seria-tim, first with respect to his public defender, the ADA, the PO’s and the sentencing judge, and then with respect to the PCCF Defendants. 1. Claims against Defendant Farley All claims against Defendant Farley, Plaintiffs appointed Pike County Public Defender to represent him in his criminal ease at issue herein, relate to alleged improper representation and malpractice committed by Defendant Farley. However, it is well-settled that a public defender is immune from suit. Plaintiff is construed as claiming that Attorney Farley was, at all relevant times, acting as a public defender appointed to represent Plaintiff in his criminal misdemeanor charge in Pike County, Pennsylvania. It is well-settled that a public defender does not act under color of state law for purposes of § 1983 when performing traditional functio