BRACKEN v. MANOR TOWNSHIP

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CHARLES BRACKEN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 2:19cv185 ) Electronic Filing MANOR TOWNSHIP and ) ERIC S. PETROSKY (in his official ) capacity and as an individual), jointly and ) severally, ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION Charles Bracken ("plaintiff") commenced this civil rights action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

seeking redress for the alleged violation of his constitutional and state law rights in conjunction with his arrest for carrying a firearm into an elementary school and the criminal charges that followed. Presently…