Bussard v. Neil

MEMORANDUM

CALDWELL, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiffs, Samuel E. Bussard, Jr. and John R. Bussard, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Raymond E. Neil, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, maliciously prosecuted plaintiffs in violation of their civil rights by issuing numerous traffic citations to plaintiffs without probable cause and with malice. Trooper Neil’s supervisors, Lieutenant Charles Wheeler, Captain Glen A. Walp and Acting State Police Commissioner Dellarciprete are named as defendants under the theory of respondeat superior. 1 The complaint alleges that…