COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. SMITH

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : CIVIL ACTION : v. : : REBECCA JANAY SMITH : NO. 19-5753 MEMORANDUM OPINION Savage, J. February 10, 2020 Rebecca Janay Smith,1 a defendant in a pending state court criminal action in Chester County Court of Common Pleas, has filed a document she has labelled as a “Notice of Removal.” In the body of the document, she appears to be asserting civil rights claims against numerous police officers and a state prosecutor who were involved in her arrest and prosecution arising out of an incident…