Legal Opinion
Winkler v. Pennsylvania
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 16, 2014No. Civil Action No. 12-6250PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
STENGEL, District Judge.
Miriam Winkler is suing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and three employees of its Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement.1 She brings various state law tort claims and violations of the Constitutions of both the United States and Pennsylvania. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss to which the plaintiff responded. For the following reasons, I will grant the motion in its entirety.
I. BACKGROUND
Ms. Winkler is an experienced and nationally-known dog breeder, who sold her dogs around the world for $2,500 each. From 2006 until 2010, she…
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