BAKER v. WARD

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SHAWN P. BAKER, Plaintiff, Civil No. 23-1001 v. SPECIAL AGENT DANA WARD, Defendant. Costello, J. July 8, 2025 MEMORANDUM Shawn P. Baker sued Special Agent Dana Ward under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

for malicious prosecution. The underlying case arose from the investigation and prosecution of Baker for the alleged sexual assault of a female referred to here as E.C.1 Ward was an investigator for the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General and was involved in the investigation of the alleged assault. More specifically, Ward…