HENDERSON v. MATTHEWS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA HELEN E. HENDERSON : CIVIL ACTION : v. : : OFFICERS MATTHEWS, et al. : NO. 19-3040 MEMORANDUM Bartle, J. June 16, 2021 Plaintiff Helen Henderson brings this action against Philadelphia Police Officers Justin Matthews and Brandon Pinkston under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

for use of excessive force against her in February 2018. Defendants seek to exclude at trial the arrest and nolo contendere plea of defendant Pinkston for use of terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another in an unrelated incident over a year later.…