Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Stanziani
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 14, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-2215PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Pretrial Detention statutes. The pertinent portions are attached hereto as an appendix. Plaintiffs seek damages, declaratory and injunctive relief. I have certified a plaintiffs’ and a defendants’ class. Plaintiffs’ class consists of all allegedly delinquent juveniles in Pennsylvania who are or will in the future be detained before adjudication pursuant to 42 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. §§ 6325 and 6335, and all adjudicated delinquent…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Coleman, Kaseem, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Delores Lee and Mattox, Aaron, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Doris Mattox Wiggins, Lawrence Lee, and Wiggins, Freddie Lee, Minors, by Their Mother and Next Friend, Barbara Wiggins, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Joseph H. Stanziani and Lawrence A. Brown, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Judges of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Other Juvenile Court Judges Similarly Situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Anthony Guarna, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Montgomery County, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Other Juvenile Probation Officers Similarly Situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Appeal of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Joseph H. Stanziani and Lawrence A. Brown, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Judges of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Other Juvenile Court Judges Similarly Situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Anthony Guarna, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Montgomery County, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Other Juvenile Probation Officers Similarly Situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania v. Honorable Joseph S. Lord, Iii, Nominal Kaseem Coleman, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Delores Lee Aaron Mattox, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Doris Mattox Lawrence Lee Wiggins and Freddie Lee Wiggins, Minors, by Their Mother and Next Friend, Barbara Wiggins, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ActualCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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