Loftus v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

MEMORANDUM

ROBRENO, District Judge.

Before the Court is the issue of what amount of factual detail and degree of particularity must be pled to state a cause of action for conspiracy to violate 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence & Coordination Unit, — U.S. -, 113 S.Ct. 1160, 122 L.Ed.2d 517 (1993) (holding that § 1983 actions against a municipality cannot be held to a heightened standard of specificity).

Plaintiff Francis J. Loftus (“Loftus”) brings the instant action under § 1983, alleging that his former employer,…