This assignment consists of three short-answer questions. Each question is worth 1 point. There is a word limit of 70 words per answer. An answer exceeding the word limit will have its score reduced by half. An inmate was incarcerated in a state prison facility in State A. A corrections officer in the facility ignored the inmate's breathing problems for hours before finally agreeing to send the inmate to a physician. This delay may have caused the inmate to suffer a collapsed lung. The inmate wants to sue the corrections officer for deliberate indifference to his medical condition, which is a tort claim. State A has a law that provides: "A civil action based on allegations of deliberate indifference to a medical condition by a corrections officer is not properly commenced unless the complaint is accompanied by an affidavit of merit, signed by a licensed physician who attests to the merit of the claims asserted." Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3 states: "A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court." The corrections officer is a resident of State B and commutes into State A for work. The inmate, prior to incarceration, also resided in State B