Garanin v. City of Scranton

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA VSEVOLOD GARANIN, et al. : Civil No. 3:19-CV-1275 : Plaintiffs, : : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) v. : : CITY OF SCRANTON, et al. : : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Statement of Facts and of the Case This is the second civil action before us filed by Vsevolod Garanin and his associated entities against the City of Scranton and others. The defendants have now moved to dismiss this lawsuit, or in the alternative, to combine it with Garanin’s initial lawsuit, Civ. No. 3:14-cv-2129 (“Garanin I”), also pending before…