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Third Circuit says lone text message not enough to prove former police sergeant's gender-discrimination claim
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court recently decided that a lower court’s ruling to dismiss a former Philadelphia police sergeant’s hostile work environment claim was correct, in that the claim wasn’t supported beyond an errant text message. -
Philly cops say immunity shields their actions in case over opiate overdose and subsequent death
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia police officers who have denied that they used excessive force on a Massachusetts man when responding to his opiate overdose and allegedly caused his death, counter that their actions are protected through qualified immunity. -
Philly Jesus update: Judge throws out claim for municipal liability in street preacher's false arrest case
PHILADELPHIA – For now, a federal judge has thrown out a claim for municipal liability against the City of Philadelphia from a street preacher locally known as “Philly Jesus” who was arrested when he was evangelizing in a public park just before Christmas in 2019. -
Judge orders Phila. to provide plaintiffs with damage estimates in excessive force cases, tied to systemic racism protests
PHILADELPHIA – Just prior to answering claims from nearly 150 plaintiffs suing the City of Philadelphia for alleged excessive force used during peaceful demonstrations on systemic racism and police brutality at 52nd Street and the Vine Street Expressway last year, a federal judge has ordered the City provide a proposed matrix for the plaintiffs’ individual monetary award damages. -
U.S. Capitol Police officers file civil suit against Trump, Philly president of Proud Boys group and others over Jan. 6 siege
WASHINGTON – Seven members of the U.S. Capitol Police Department have sued former President Donald Trump, his campaign and a host of others, including Philadelphia-based Proud Boys President Zachary Rehl, alleging the former president conspired and cooperated with right-wing extremist groups to incite the infamous Jan. 6 siege on Congress at the U.S. Capitol Building. -
Phila. says no foundation to civil rights lawsuit brought by man prosecuted twice for narcotics
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia argues that a civil rights lawsuit alleging that multiple Philadelphia Police Department officers and assistant district attorneys violated a Philadelphia man and his family’s constitutional rights through illegally-performed narcotics arrests and prosecutions, is unfounded. -
Federal judge dismisses City of Philadelphia and others from local contractor's racial discrimination lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia and several other defendants have been dismissed from a civil rights violation case filed by a Black, Muslim contractor, who claimed he was first framed for materials theft by a racist employee and then arrested by members of the Philadelphia Police Department. -
Philadelphia police officers deny their alleged excessive force led to death of Mass. man suffering opiate overdose
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia and three of its police officers deny that they used excessive force on a Massachusetts man when responding to his opiate overdose and allegedly causing his death. -
Judge: Man suing Philly police officers for wrongful narcotics arrest cannot file third amended complaint
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge ruled that a man arrested during a narcotics investigation and whose charges were later dismissed, cannot file a third amended complaint in his lawsuit for wrongful arrest and imprisonment against members of the Philadelphia Police Department. -
Philadelphia deprives vehicle owners of rights through towing relocation program, according to class action
PHILADELPHIA – Class action litigation alleges that the City of Philadelphia’s vehicle towing relocation program fails to provide adequate notice or fair procedures for owners to locate and recover their vehicles after they have been relocated, thereby depriving them of their constitutional due process rights. -
Plaintiff in malicious prosecution suit against Philly police asserts they haven't provided discovery documents
PHILADELPHIA – The subject of a 2018 drug arrest who filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit against several Philadelphia Police Department officers, contends that the department has not provided key discovery documents crucial to proving his case. -
Phila. law enforcement and attorneys violated man's civil rights through improper arrests and prosecutions, suit claims
PHILADELPHIA – A civil rights lawsuit alleges that multiple Philadelphia Police Department officers and assistant district attorneys violated the constitutional rights of a Philadelphia man and his family, with respect to a pair of narcotics arrests and prosecutions for one of the plaintiffs. -
Lawsuit: Philly cops responded to opiate overdose with excessive force and caused young man's death
PHILADELPHIA – A Massachusetts man has filed legal action against the City of Philadelphia and three of its police officers, claiming they used excessive force in responding to his son’s opiate overdose and caused his death. -
Philadelphia police officers say they were not involved in 2018 drug arrest that led to lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for several Philadelphia Police Department officers counters that a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed against them, in reference to a 2018 drug arrest where the charges were later dropped, is erroneous since the defendants were not involved in the events at issue. -
Philadelphia wins partial protective order for police records in sexual harassment and discrimination suit
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has been partially granted a protective order over a number of investigative records being sought in a case brought by a pair of female Philadelphia police officers, who claim they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA: Acting U.S. Attorney Williams and 15+ Philadelphia-Area Federal Agency Directors Issue Letter to Citizens Announcing Initiative to Combat City’s Gun Violence Epidemic
During a press conference held on Independence Mall this morning, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams was joined by senior officials from more than 15 federal agencies operating in the Philadelphia area to announce their collective effort to combat the raging epidemic of violence in the city. -
Plaintiff alleges malicious prosecution resulting from drug arrest and charges which were later dropped
PHILADELPHIA – A man targeted by a Philadelphia Police Department narcotics investigation and arrested in 2018, but whose charges were later dropped the following year, contends that he was wrongfully arrested and subjected to malicious prosecution. -
Philly Jesus update: City asserts that publicly known policing directive contradicts preacher's case
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia Police claims that the arrest of a street preacher locally known as “Philly Jesus” when he was evangelizing in a public park just before Christmas in 2019 was justified, per a policy publicly available to citizens and any insinuation of the contrary should lead to the case being dismissed. -
Philly Jesus update: Officers who arrested street preacher have to be identified soon, judge says
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Police Department officers who arrested a street preacher locally known as “Philly Jesus” when he was evangelizing in a public park just before Christmas in 2019 must be identified soon, according to a federal judge. -
Third Circuit reinstates some claims for Philly police detective claiming retaliation by DA's Office
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court’s panel has reinstated some claims to and remanded the case of a Philadelphia police detective who alleged misconduct on the part of a City assistant district attorney, and believes he was then unlawfully retaliated against by that same attorney.