THORPE v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DWAYNE THORPE, : Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION v. : CITY OF PHILA., et al, : No. 19-5094 Defendants : MEMORANDUM PRATTER, J. AUGUST 31, 2020 Dwayne Thorpe was incarcerated for nearly eleven years for a murder that he did not commit. He alleges that various Philadelphia police officers—Det. James Pitts, Det. Timothy Scally, Det. Angela Gaines, Det. Henry Glenn, Det. John Cummings, Sgt. Frank Hayes, Sgt. Ron McClane, and Lt. Philip Riehl—and the City played a role in advancing the investigatory misconduct that led to his…