Pennsylvania 1983 Law
<H2> Mekhi Johnson and Amber Garrity v. Williamsport Bureau of Police, et al.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The Plaintiffs claimed that Williamsport Police Office Benjamin Hitesman wrongully arrested Mekhi Johnson, concealing evidence proving that he was not guilty and keeping detained for nearly a month.... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - PA)Charles Darnell Jones v. Jerry Hobeck, et al.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> In 2022, Jones filed a complaint alleging a conspiracy to arrest and jail him in violation of his constitutional rights... More...
$0 (10-02-2025 - PA)Hendry Unseld Washington v. Robert Gilmore, et al.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that he was sexually abused while a prisoner.<br> <br> <br> Juries have leeway to punish and deter wrongdoers with punitive damages. Prison guard T.S. Oswald sexually abused a<br> prisoner twice. So the jury ordered him to pay not only $20,000 in compensation for each assault, but also $25,000 in punitive damages fo... More...
$1 (12-25-2024 - PA)Donna Davis Javitz v. Shelby Watchilla, et al.
<h2><br> Scranton, Ohio civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> On November 14, 2023, Plaintiff Donna Davis Javitz ("Javitzâ€) filed an amended complaint in this matter, asserting various civil rights claims under § 1983 against Defendants Shelby Watchilla ("Watchillaâ€), Romilda Crocamo ("Crocamoâ€), and Luzerne County ("Luzerne County†or t... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - PA)Jeffrey Krug v. Bloomsburg Univesity, et al.
<h2><br> Williamsport, Pennsylvania civil rights wrongful termination retaliation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Jeffrey Krug, formoer dean of the Zeighler College of Business and a tenured faculty member claimed that he was wrongfully terminated in 2018.<br> <br> Defendant Bloomsburg University ("BUâ€) is an institute of higher education under the control and operation... More...
$0 (08-22-2024 - PA)Jeffrey Dennis v. Barry Smith
<h2><br> Johnstown, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> Section 1983 allows defendants to be found liable only when they have acted "under color of any<br> statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia.â€<br> 42 U.S.C. § 1983.<br> <br> ... More...
$1 (07-02-2024 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William Franklin
When Justice Went to Hell - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff who was charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> "William Franklin, was arrested because of an incident involving the murder of Joseph Hollis and the attempted murder of John Pickens. The facts adduced at trial, which were set forth by the lower court in an opinion filed May 24, 1983, may be ... More...
$0 (12-01-1980 - PA)Stacey Gonzalez, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Officers Stacey Gonzalez and Pavel Reznik, who are Jewish, filed this action on November 20, 2018.2 The Complaint included allegations of anti-Semitic comments and disparate treatment as compared to non-Jewish officers.3 The original Complaint contained t... More...
$0 (09-16-2023 - PA)Christopher Gibson and Melba A. Almonte-Tineo v. Pavel Reznik, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, 230301724, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.<br> <br> Defendan... More...
$0 (11-02-2023 - PA)United States of America v. Carlos Ariel Ramos
Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).<br> <br> In the spring of 2020, York City Police Department received an anonymous complaint of suspected drug dealing out of a residence at 725 Pennsylvania Avenue in York, Pennsylvania. (See Doc. 37-3 at 2). The complainant noted vehicles ... More...
$0 (05-16-2023 - PA)Rachel Bohnenkamp and Crhistopher Bohenkamp v. James Whisterbarth, et al.
Erie, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 theories. <br> <br> "Prisoner civil rights law is a complex and ever-evolving area of law. It is important to note that prisoners do not have the same rights as those who are not incarcerated. However, they do have certain fundamental rights, including... More...
$0 (05-03-2023 - PA)<H2> Brian Meehan v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections </H2>
Williamsport, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/pennsylvania/news/williamsport/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Williamsport</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Section 1983 all... More...
$0 (01-13-2023 - PA)Don Ray Adams v. Frank D. Gillis, et al.
        Petitioner Don Ray Adams ("Adams") was convicted of murder in the first-degree, murder in the second-degree, and possessing an instrument of crime; on November 12, 1992 he was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the convictions and allocatur was denied by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on July 6, 1995.<br>      ... More...
$0 (01-31-2003 - PA)Cherell Harrington and Deserae Cook v. UPMC and Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Cherell Harrington and Deserae Cook filed a Complaint in Civil Action in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on behalf of themselves and two putative classes, alleging various claims against the University of Pittsburgh Me... More...
$0 (05-20-2022 - PA)United States of America v. Rao Desu
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a tax fraud charge. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> For several years, Desu co-owned Heights Pharmacy <br> with Darshna Desai. Desai managed the pharmacy's operations. Each day, Desai would collect the pharmacy's cash earnings and deposit only a small portion o... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - PA)United States of America v. Paris Church
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> his involvement as a supplier in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy charges. </h2></font></i></center><br> <br> Church was charged in three different indictments for his involvement as a <br> supplier in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy.2<br> Three jury trials resulted in his ... More...
$0 (12-31-2021 - PA)Dami Renteria v. The City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory claiming to have suffered injuries and/or damages as a direct result of the violation of his constitutionally protected rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> ... More...
$0 (10-25-2021 - PA)Michael Reynolds v. Municipality of Norristown a/k/a Boroough of Norristown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory claiming to have suffered injuries and/or damages as a direct result of the violation of Plaintiff's Constitutionally protected rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983 ... More...
$0 (10-29-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Jason Sheppard
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with seven counts of mail fraud charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In October 2013, a grand jury indicted Jason Sheppard <br> on seven counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. <br> Sheppard pleaded guilty to one count, and judgment was entered against him in Decemb... More...
$0 (11-11-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Malik Nasir
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and felon in possession of a firearm charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On December 21, 2015, the owner of a storage facility <br> in Dover, Delaware reported to the police suspicious activity at <br> one of the storage uni... More...
$0 (11-11-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Paris Church also known as PAY MAY, also known as PAY
<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three different indictments for his involvement as a supplier in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Church was charged in three different indictments for his involvement as a <br> supplier in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy.2<br... More...
$0 (10-19-2021 - PA)United States of America v. JESUS CHAVEZ United States of America v. RUDY MENDOZA
<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants <br> with the assault of another inmate at United States Penitentiary ("USPâ€) Canaan charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We write primarily for the parties so our summary of the facts is brief. On July<br> 17, 2017, a video camera at USP Canaan captured footage of the assault vi... More...
$0 (10-19-2021 - PA)RAHEEM JACOBS v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY; WARDEN ROBERT BALICKI; JOHN DOE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS 1-6,FICTITIOUS INDIVIDUALS; MICHAEL WILLIAMS; NEIL ARMSTRONG; MICHAEL ANDERSON; EMANUAL MORRERO; MANUAL VELESQUEZ
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment right charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Jacobs was held in the C dorm of Cumberland County <br> Jail as he awaited trial for a weapons charge. On the morning <br> of February 25, 2015, Jacobs got into a fight with Bruce Hanby, <br> one o... More...
$0 (08-24-2021 - PA)GERONIMO LOZANO v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY; ELIZABETH POLICE DEPARTMENT; SERGEANT RODNEY DORILUS; OFFICER DAVID HERNANDEZ; OFFICER TIMOTHY GOLDATE; UNION COUNTY; JOHN & JANE DOE 1-10; ABC CORP. 1-10, (fictitious names for persons, firms, or corporations presently unknown) DAVID HERNANDEZ
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of driving while intoxicated and one count of refusal to take a breath test charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Lozano is a former Marine who was discharged for <br> medical reasons and still suffers from multiple conditions, <br> including severe asthma, an impaired a... More...
$0 (08-24-2021 - PA)United States of America v. JAMES EUGENE ROUGHT
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute resulting in death and serious bodily injury charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Defendant James Eugene Rought sold fentanyl to Dana <br> Carichner, who provided some to Cara Giberson. Both <br> overdosed. Giberson was revived w... More...
$0 (08-24-2021 - PA)United States of America v. GARTOR KIKI BROWN
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with the District Court's dismissal of several of his claims and the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Brown was arrested in August 2015.1<br> Detective Raymond Blohm of the Upper <br> Darby Police Department subsequently obtained a search warrant... More...
$0 (07-17-2021 - PA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DENVER SANGSTER
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession of narcotics with intent to distribute and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The charges against Sangster arose from a confidential informant's tips. In February 2016, City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Detective ... More...
$0 (07-17-2021 - PA)USA v. Robert Caesar
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with federal child pornography charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The evidence at issue was gathered by State Police<br> officers pursuant to three search warrants while investigating<br> Caesar for various sexual offenses involving minors. Because <br> our Fourth Amendment inquiry turns on ... More...
$0 (07-17-2021 - PA)Jennifer B. and Timothy Sanchez v. Cory Holmes, Adam Hlard and Carmen Disso and Trafford Borough
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Jennifer B., in her individual capacity, and as parent and natural guardian of Plaintiffs H.J. and S.P., minors, and Timothy Sanchez, who sued Cory Holmes, Adam Hlard and Carmen Disso and Trafford Borough on civil rights act violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983.... More...
$0 (04-06-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Safehouse
Though the opioid crisis may call for innovativesolutions, local innovationsmay not break federal law. Drug users die every day of overdoses. So Safehouse, a nonprofit, wants to open America's first safe-injection site in Philadelphia.It fa-vors a public-health response to drug addiction,with medical staff trainedto observe drug use,counteract overdoses, and of-fer treatment.Its mot... More...
$0 (01-13-2021 - PA)Tammy Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
On October 18, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School Board of Directors passed by a 6-3 vote the following resolution:<br> <br> Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of Life is not taught.<br> <br> On November 19, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School District announced by ... More...
$0 (12-20-2005 - PA)William R. Jones v. Unknown D.O.C. Bus Driver and Transportation Crew
If a prisoner wants to file a §1983 suit, he must exhaust the prison’s internal administrative remedies first. Because he must clear this hurdle before suing, we wait to start the limita-tions clock until after he has exhausted them (or after his re-lease, whichever comes first). This is true whether he sues from prison or sues after his release. Either way, the plaintiff had to delay filing wh... More...
$0 (12-13-2019 - PA)Briaheen Thomas v. Deputy Superintendent Tice
Briaheen Thomas appeals from the District Court’s order granting summary judgment to Deputy Superintendent Eric Tice, Deputy Mark Garman, Correction Classification and Program Manager Timothy Miller, and Major Heather Halderman. For the reasons discussed below, we will affirm in part and reverse in part the District Court’s order.<br> I<br> At all relevant times for this appeal, Thomas was an ... More...
$0 (11-12-2019 - PA)Anthony Hildebrand v. Allegheny County
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"><br> </center><br> <br> In 2013, Anthony Hildebrand sued his former employer for age discrimination in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. When jurisdiction was returned to the District Court in 2015 after an appe... More...
$0 (04-24-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Anthony Rowe
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/resized_image/EA_2018-05-09_Exterior_View-Final_570_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Anthony Rowe was charged in a one-count indictment<br> with distribution and possession with intent to distribute 1000<br> grams of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and<br> (b)(1)(A). Rowe conceded that he distributed approximately<br> 200... More...
$0 (04-02-2019 - PA)Rod Slappy-Sutton and Jean Sutton v. Speedway, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Plaintiffs-Appellants Rod Slappy-Sutton and Jean Sutton challenge the District Court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Speedway LLC. Because we find there are genuine disputes of material fact, we will reverse.<br> I. Background<br> On a winter evening in Ja... More...
$0 (03-25-2019 - PA)James Randall v. City of Philadelphia Law Department
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> When a defendant commits a continuing violation of the law, the limitations period starts running from the defendant’s last act, not from when the effects of that violation end. Here, the defendants arrested and prosecuted James Randall in Phil-adelphia for drug and weapons cri... More...
$0 (03-21-2019 - PA)Jerome McKinney v. University of Pittsburgh
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"><br> </center><br> <br> Jerome McKinney, a longtime, tenured professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, challenges the University’s decision to reduce his salary as a violation of the Due Proces... More...
$0 (02-15-2019 - PA)Earl Patterson v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Earl Patterson was employed as a maintenance person<br> for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (“PLCB”) when he<br> reported for duty at a PLCB-operated liquor store in<br> Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Shortly after his arrival, the<br> location’s assistant manager accused him of... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - PA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KENNETH DANIELS
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Pursuant to a plea agreement, Daniels entered a guilty plea to one count of being a convi... More...
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