Melvin v. Doe

¶ 1 In this appeal, we are asked to review the trial court’s order denying Appellants’ motion for summary judgment as well as their motion for a protective order. 1 After careful review, we quash the appeal.

¶ 2 The relevant facts are not in dispute. In the early part of 1999, the following comment appeared on an internet web page identified as “Grant Street ‘99.”

Despite being prohibited from engaging in political activity, a couple of Judges have been keeping themselves pretty busy recently with politics. Judge Joan Orie Melvin has been lobbying the Ridge administration on behalf of a local…