Legal Opinion
Muhammad ex rel. J.S. v. Abington Township Police Department
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 1, 2014No. Civil Action No. 13-716PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
L. FELIPE RESTREPO, District Judge.
Raushanah Muhammad, on behalf of her son J.S., brings this civil rights action against the Abington Township police officers involved in her son’s 2011 arrest, as well as the Abington Township police department itself. The defendants have collectively moved for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted.
I. Bacrground 1
This lawsuit arises out of a middle-school fight. In September of 2011, J.S. was an eighth grader at Abington junior high school. Joint Appendix (“JA”) 14. J.S. is African-American and Muslim. JA 47. At…
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