ROSFELD v. THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL H. ROSFELD, ) ) ) 2:20-cv-225-NR Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) THE UNIVERSITY OF ) ) PITTSBURGH – OF THE ) COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF ) ) HIGHER EDUCATION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION J. Nicholas Ranjan, United States District Judge Plaintiff Michael Rosfeld is a former University of Pittsburgh police officer who claims that he was forced out of his job in retaliation for arresting the Vice Chancellor’s son. If those allegations are proven true, the nepotistic firing he describes would be unseemly, even…