Legal Opinion
Koltonuk v. Borough of Laureldale
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 2006No. Civil Action 05-0106PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum and Order
YOHN, District Judge.
Plaintiff John Koltonuk, a former police officer of the Borough of Laureldale (the “Borough”), has brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action charging the Borough with: 1) violating his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by terminating his employment without providing him adequate pretermination and posttermination hearings; and 2) violating his First Amendment right to petition for a redress of grievances by filing criminal charges against him in retaliation for his pursuing posttermination remedies to challenge his discharge. Koltonuk has filed a…
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