Legal Opinion
APONTE v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 3, 2021No. 2:20-cv-03373Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELVIN APONTE, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION v. NO. 20-3373 CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., Defendants. PAPPERT, J. March 3, 2021 MEMORANDUM Represented by counsel, Melvin Aponte sued the City of Philadelphia and numerous John Does, each purportedly Philadelphia police officers, alleging civil rights and common law violations after police injured and arrested him. The City moves to dismiss all claims against it. The Court grants the Motion. I A On July 14, 2018, Aponte went to his cousin’s home in Philadelphia to see his…
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