Legal Opinion
Wayne Lee Dawson, II v. Officer Reginald Graham, Officer Carlos Buitrago, City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 3, 2026No. 2:25-cv-05438Unknown
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA WAYNE LEE DAWSON, II : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 25-5438 : OFFICER REGINALD GRAHAM, : OFFICER CARLOS BUITRAGO, : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA : MEMORANDUM MURPHY, J. June 3, 2026 This is a civil rights case involving alleged misconduct by two Philadelphia Police Officers. According to the complaint, the officers arrested Wayne Lee Dawson, II on drug charges in September 2010. Mr. Dawson says that the officers — members of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Narcotics Field Unit (NFU) — planted drugs on him and fabricated…
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