Legal Opinion

Joseph J. Lynch, Joseph B. Lynch v. Haverford Township, Chief John Viola, Lieutenant Lawrence Todd, Sergeant Robert McCreight, Code Director Joseph Celia, Township Manager David Burman, Delaware County District Attorney’s Office, Delaware County Mobile Crisis for Law Enforcement (MCLE), John Does 1-2

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided October 20, 2025No. 2:25-cv-03442Unknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSEPH J. LYNCH, JOSEPH B. : CIVIL ACTION LYNCH : : v. : NO. 25-3442 : HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, CHIEF : JOHN VIOLA, LIEUTENANT : LAWRENCE TODD, SERGEANT : ROBERT MCCREIGHT, CODE : DIRECTOR JOSEPH CELIA, : TOWNSHIP MANAGER DAVID : BURMAN, DELAWARE COUNTY : DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, : DELAWARE COUNTY MOBILE : CRISIS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT : (MCLE), JOHN DOES 1-2 : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. October 20, 2025 A Haverford Township man did not like how his local police protected his neighborhood and how the township paid its police…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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