Legal Opinion
Sebrell v. Philadelphia Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 13, 2005No. 05-3440UnpublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Vernell Sebrell appeals pro se from an order of the District Court dismissing her lawsuit for failure to prosecute. Sebrell filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging, among other things, that detectives from the Philadelphia Police Department and Medical Examiner’s Office conducted a faulty investigation of her son’s death in order to protect a third party and then covered up evidence of their shoddy investigation.
Sebrell was originally denied permission to proceed in forma pauperis in the…
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