Legal Opinion
Geness v. Commonwealth
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 28, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-876PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKearney, District Judge
Craig Geness, a life-long mentally impaired man once living in an adult group home, now seeks damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act alleging the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania discriminated against him by holding him in custody in Fayette County Prison for 3,309 days without a trial before finally dismissing charges against him.
Mr. Geness struggles to timely sue a responsible party. We dismissed his civil rights and state law claims against the arresting detective as untimely. Our Court of Appeals affirmed on those claims but remanded for us to consider the Commonwealth's liability…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Cleavinger v. SaxnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Tennessee v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Craig Geness v. Administrative Office of PennsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2020
- GENESS v. COUNTY OF FAYETTEDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2019
- HEFFLEY v. STEELEDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2019