LAZAR v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA STEVEN LAZAR : : CIVIL ACTION v. : No. 24-907 : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, ET AL. : McHUGH, J. March 21, 2025 MEMORANDUM In 2010, Steven Lazar was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder. Thirteen years later, I granted Mr. Lazar’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, based on a combination of deficient representation by counsel and failure to produce exculpatory evidence. The Commonwealth declined to retry Mr. Lazar. Now free, Mr. Lazar brings an array of civil rights claims against the detectives involved in the…