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 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. -
Lehigh County Jail inmate says she was beaten by cellmate who didn't get their medication
ALLENTOWN – An inmate at the Lehigh County Jail contends that she was severely beaten and assaulted by her cellmate, who allegedly had mental health issues, violent tendencies and had been denied her regimen of medication to control those same issues. -
Christian pastor arrested in Reading demonstration says authorities discriminated against his faith
ALLENTOWN – A Christian pastor arrested during a demonstration just outside Reading Senior High School this past January alleges that the City of Reading and one of its police officers alleges that the ordeal he underwent was due to the authorities having a bias against Evangelical Christians. -
Vape shop says Lancaster County authorities conducted illegal seizure of its legal products
ALLENTOWN – The proprietor of a vaping products business has launched litigation against Lancaster County, its district attorney and police officers, for allegedly conducting warrantless raids of both his and other businesses in the county this past April to seize such products, who have claimed they are Schedule I controlled substances under Pennsylvania law – while the plaintiff counters they have been legally sold in the state for years. -
Coopersburg woman alleges false arrest and other claims from Upper Saucon Township police
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman claims 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. -
Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police deny former officer's claims of sexual harassment
ALLENTOWN – Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police have categorically denied allegations from a female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department, that, over a five-year period, the Chief of Police targeted her for sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse, creating what she called a “hostile, toxic and intolerable work environment” that led to her resignation. -
Evangelical who protested Reading's first LGBTQ Pride March claims civil rights violations and false arrest
ALLENTOWN – An evangelical Christian who protested the City of Reading’s first-ever Pride March & Rally says he was unlawfully arrested for disorderly conduct, and has filed a wide-ranging lawsuit against the City, its Chief of Police and two of its officers for civil rights violations, defamation and malicious prosecution, among other allegations. -
Reading and police officer look to dismiss suit over alleged improper arrest of preacher
ALLENTOWN – The City of Reading and one of its police officers are seeking claims against them to be dismissed, in litigation brought by a Christian pastor against them, another local police officer and the Reading School District, after the pastor claimed his rights were violated through his being arrested during a demonstration held just outside Reading Senior High School this past January. -
Lawsuit against Lehigh police chief alleges sexual harassment during sexual harassment training
ALLENTOWN – A female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department has alleged that over a five-year period, the Chief of Police targeted her for sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse, creating what she calls a “hostile, toxic and intolerable work environment” which led to her resignation. -
Owen J. Roberts School District officials settle claims they allegedly failed to protect student from molestation
ALLENTOWN – Authorities in the Owen J. Roberts School District have settled claims that they failed to protect a Chester Springs woman from being molested by her philosophy teacher when she was a high school student in 2020.