Lewis v. News-Press & Gazette Co.

ORDER

STEVENS, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought a four-count complaint against multiple defendants, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(1), and state commonlaw claims of defamation and conspiracy to commit defamation. The case is now before the court on motion of defendants News-Press & Gazette Co. (“News-Press”), David R. Bradley, Jr. (“Bradley”), and Michael McCann (“McCann”) to dismiss, and the motion of defendants Orville and Virginia Howsman (“the Howsmans”) and Gerald and Helen DeWitt (“the DeWitts”) to dismiss and for summary judgment.

I. Factual Summary

The court will not…