Jeffers v. Kiser

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT JEFFERS, : CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:22-CV-1815 : Plaintiff : (Judge Conner) : v. : : TROOPER E. KISER and : TROOPER WATSON, : : Defendants : MEMORANDUM This civil rights action arises out of a Pennsylvania State Police traffic stop on Interstate 83 (“I-83”). Plaintiff Robert Jeffers, an adult African American male, asserts that the stop itself and the subsequent conduct of Pennsylvania State Trooper Edward L. Kiser—who physically removed Jeffers from his vehicle—were animated by racial bias. He also claims that…