U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Allentown Division
Recent News About U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Allentown Division
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Lancaster County law enforcement seeks judgment on the pleadings for raids of vape products shops
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County, its district attorney and police officers are seeking judgment on the pleadings in litigation asserting that they conducted warrantless raids of businesses selling vape products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books. -
Federal judge sets aside default judgment in Lehigh County woman's suit resulting from cellmate assault
ALLENTOWN – An inmate at the Lehigh County Jail, who claimed she was severely beaten and assaulted by her cellmate with alleged mental health issues and violent tendencies and who had been denied her regimen of medication to control those same issues, has had the default judgment granted to her set aside by a federal court. -
Lehigh County plaintiff says her extensive car accident injuries were Allentown cop's fault
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman alleges she suffered numerous physical injuries, as a result of a motor vehicle collision she says was caused by an Allentown police officer who operated their vehicle in a reckless fashion. -
Judge consolidates class action suits over software company's alleged Exchange Act violations
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has consolidated a securities class action litigation, which claims that a software and payment processing company made materially false and misleading statements regarding its own business, operations and compliance policies. -
Court trims the federal government's opioid lawsuit against Amerisource Bergen
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge allowed the government’s lawsuit against drug distributor Amerisource Bergen to proceed, but cut down the potential size of the government’s claims by ruling Amerisource could only be ordered to pay fines over opioids it shipped after Congress amended the Controlled Substances Act in 2018. -
Coopersburg woman reiterates false arrest and other claims from Upper Saucon Township police
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman maintains allegations that in response to a wellness check call initiated by a friend, several officers from the Upper Saucon Township Police Department responded with an improper seizure, assault and false arrest. -
Lancaster looking to dismiss Monell count in civil rights suit over restaurant altercation arrest
ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster is looking to dismiss a count for Monell liability lodged against it, in litigation brought by a woman who contended her civil rights were violated when Lancaster police officers arrested and took her into custody, subsequent to her having had a verbal altercation with a patron at a local restaurant. -
Reading and police officials deny violating Christian protester's civil rights in Pride March arrest
ALLENTOWN – Counsel for the City of Reading, its Chief of Police and two of its officers have denied allegations for civil rights violations, defamation and malicious prosecution, lodged by an evangelical Christian, who protested the City’s first-ever Pride March & Rally and was then arrested for disorderly conduct. -
Lancaster County law enforcement authorities defend last spring's raids of vape products shops
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County, its district attorney and police officers assert they did not conduct warrantless raids of businesses selling vaping products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books. -
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Lancaster police entities deny civil rights and excessive force violations
ALLENTOWN – The Lancaster Police Department has flatly denied claims of excessive force and assault from a Maryland woman over an incident that allegedly took place during a forcible eviction two years ago and resulted in the plaintiff suffering a broken arm. -
Berks County transportation group denies it permitted a racist environment towards Black employee
ALLENTOWN – A Berks County transportation entity has denied charges that it permitted racially-hostile behavior in the workplace and subjected one of its Black employees to retaliation when he challenged the behavior in question. -
Upper Saucon Township rejects assault and false arrest claims, after wellness check gone awry
ALLENTOWN – Upper Saucon Township and several of its officers look to dismiss claims from a Lehigh County woman that they committed an improper seizure, assault and false arrest when they responded to a wellness check call initiated by a friend of the plaintiff. -
Public Notice - Solicitation to Outsource Jury Mailings
In accordance with the advertising requirements of Volume 14, Section 315 of The Guide to Judiciary Policies and Procedures, the Clerk’s Office for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is soliciting open market quotations for outsource jury mailings. -
Public Notice - Solicitation for Court Reporting/Transcribing Services
In accordance with the advertising requirements of Volume 14, Section 315 of The Guide to Judiciary Policies and Procedures, the Clerk’s Office for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is soliciting open market quotations for Contract Court Reporting in Allentown, Easton, Philadelphia, and Reading Pennsylvania Courthouses. -
Judge awards $600K in damages to victim who allegedly suffered sexual assault during massage
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has awarded $600,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a California woman who alleged she was assaulted by a masseuse in an Allentown nail salon and spa. -
Federal court retains most counts in Lancaster woman's case surrounding shooting of her son
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has rendered a split decision regarding a defense motion for judgment on the pleadings in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a Lancaster woman who says she witnessed her schizophrenic and bipolar son being shot to death by a local police officer. -
Woman allegedly beaten by cellmate at Lehigh County Jail receives default judgment
ALLENTOWN – An inmate at the Lehigh County Jail who claimed she was severely beaten and assaulted by her cellmate with alleged mental health issues, violent tendencies and who had been denied her regimen of medication to control those same issues, has been granted a default judgment in federal court. -
Norfolk Southern denies responsibility for injuries of jackhammer operator who jumped to avoid train
ALLENTOWN – Norfolk Southern Railway Company has denied liability for injuries allegedly suffered by a jackhammer operator, who claims the company’s negligence forced him to jump approximately 30 feet from a manlift in order to save his own life from an approaching train. -
Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority employee says he was exposed to racist environment
ALLENTOWN – A Black employee of a Berks County transportation entity says he was exposed to racially-hostile behavior in the workplace and subjected to retaliation when he filed complaints about the behavior in question. -
After restaurant altercation, woman says Lancaster's arresting officers violated her rights
ALLENTOWN – A woman contends that her civil rights were violated when Lancaster police officers arrested and took her into custody, subsequent to her having had a verbal altercation with a patron at a local restaurant.