Garanin v. City of Scranton

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA VSEVOLOD GARANIN, et al. : Civil No. 3:19-CV-1275 : Plaintiffs, : : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) v. : : CITY OF SCRANTON, et al. : : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction Pending before the court is the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ amended complaint. (Doc. 25). This is the second civil action before us filed by Vsevolod Garanin and his associated entities against the City of Scranton and others, and in deciding the instant motion, we certainly do not write upon a blank slate. Indeed,…