FITZGERALD v. COUNTY OF LEHIGH

CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-3377.

381 F.Supp.3d 443 (2019)

Christopher FITZGERALD, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF LEHIGH, James B. Martin, in his official capacity as the District Attorney of Lehigh County, and in his individual capacity, Steven Luksa, in his official capacity as the First Assistant District Attorney, Todd Frey, in his official capacity as a County Detective, and in his individual capacity, and Christopher Cruz, in his official capacity as a County Detective, and in his individual capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Filed April 4, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert McNelly , McNelly Law Group, Berwyn, PA, Bradford A. Richman , Shawn M. Rodgers , McNelly & Goldstein, LLC, Hatfield, PA, Jonathan Shae Goldstein , Goldstein Law Partners, LLC, Hatfield, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Michael B. Pullano , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Adrianna Yanez , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Wayne, PA, Charles R. Starnes , Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Lisa R. Cipoletti , Lehigh County District Attorney's Office, Allentown, PA, Thomas M. Caffrey, Thomas M. Caffrey, Esq. , Coplay, PA, for Defendants.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION

In August 2014, the plaintiff was driving a vehicle with his fiancée and two-year-old child as passengers. Two undercover county detectives were traveling behind the plaintiff's vehicle. The plaintiff believed that the county detectives were following his vehicle too closely...

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