Legal Opinion

BAKER v. BURKITT

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 14, 2025No. 2:25-cv-01003Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSEPH D. BAKER, : Plaintiff, : : v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 25-CV-1003 : JOSHUA BURKITT, et al., : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM GALLAGHER, J. May 14, 2025 Pro se Plaintiff Joseph Baker, a prisoner currently incarcerated at SCI Forest, asserts claims under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

in connection with his December 21, 2021 arrest and the contemporaneous search of his home and confiscation and damage of his property by Philadelphia police officers. This is Baker’s second lawsuit related to the 2021 arrest and search of his property. The…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Kelley Mala v. Crown Bay MarinaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
  5. Mark D. Tourscher v. Martin Horn, Secretary of the Pa. Dept. Of Corrections John McCullough Superintendent ,(d.c. Civil No. 98-Cv-00176j)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999

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