A 33-year-old state prisoner has filed a civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Johnstown naming Jerry Sandusky, the Department of Corrections and several DOC employees as defendants.

Quintez Talley, now incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette, complained that while housed previously at SCI Laurel Highlands in Somerset County, his civil rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the federal Rehabilitation Act were violated.

He stated in his lawsuit that on the morning of Oct. 18, 2017, he was being housed in the SCI’s Diversionary Treatment Unit that provides services to inmates with serious mental health issues and that he heard a TV segment referring to possible resentencing of Sandusky, who is serving 30 to 60 years after being convicted in 2012 on sexual abuse charges involving 10 boys.

Not fully hearing the news segment, Talley said he blurted, “What did they just say about whether or not Jerry Sandusky was getting a new trial?”

His comment attracted the attention of a corrections officer and the ensuing give-and-take — that included colorful banter — brought laughter throughout the unit, according to the lawsuit.

Sandusky, he claims, began urging the officer to beat Talley because when the two were at SCI Greene, Talley had allegedly kept Sandusky awake by banging on his toilet “all day and night.”

Sandusky then allegedly blurted out that Talley was in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl in his native Philadelphia.

In his lawsuit, Talley claims Sandusky defamed him and caused the other inmates to shun him.

State court records show Talley had convictions for arson and related charges, aggravated assault, thefts and drug violations and was serving time on the arson charges.

Eventually, the banter led to Talley being pepper-sprayed and supposedly injured by an officer. He was then transferred to SCI Camp Hill.

Talley claimed his civil rights under the Eighth and 14th Amendments were violated.

He is seeking financial damages.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy has ruled that Talley’s lawsuit will not move forward until he pays a $400 filing fee or files an application stating he cannot pay the fee.

In an unrelated matter, another civil rights lawsuit filed by Talley was dismissed Wednesday by the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.

In a 2016 lawsuit, Talley claimed the DOC and its employees acted unlawfully by including his confidential mental health records in an appendix to a discovery document filed in the case.

U.S. District Judge Nora B. Fischer in Pittsburgh was upheld in her dismissal of Talley’s lawsuit.

Meanwhile, Sandusky has been granted a resentencing hearing that will take place in the Centre Court Court of Common Pleas on Nov. 8.