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Klein v. Cnty. of Bucks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Apr 1, 2013
CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-4809 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 1, 2013)

Summary

holding that plaintiff's claim "states only a legal conclusion" because his assertion that "[he] was the subject of retaliation [is] clearly insufficient to allege a well settled and permanent [municipal] custom"

Summary of this case from Saleem v. Sch. Dist. of Phila.

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-4809

04-01-2013

WILLIAM KLEIN, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF BUCKS, et al., Defendants.


ORDER

AND NOW, this 19th day of March, 2013, it is hereby ORDERED as that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint (Dkt. No, 15) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows:

1. Count I is DISMISSED as to all Defendants and as to all allegations, except to the extent that Plaintiff alleges a violation of his free speech rights against Defendants Sheriff Edward Donnelly and Chief Deputy Sheriff Dennis Shook as a result of his having given testimony before a disciplinary hearing and a grand jury.

2. Count Ill's demand for punitive damages is DISMISSED.

3. The Motion is DENIED in all other respects.

BY THE COURT:

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C. DARNELL JONES, II J.


Summaries of

Klein v. Cnty. of Bucks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Apr 1, 2013
CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-4809 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 1, 2013)

holding that plaintiff's claim "states only a legal conclusion" because his assertion that "[he] was the subject of retaliation [is] clearly insufficient to allege a well settled and permanent [municipal] custom"

Summary of this case from Saleem v. Sch. Dist. of Phila.
Case details for

Klein v. Cnty. of Bucks

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM KLEIN, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF BUCKS, et al., Defendants.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Apr 1, 2013

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-4809 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 1, 2013)

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