McGonigle v. Ansel

QUIÑONES ALEJANDRO, J,

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INTRODUCTION

On June 14, 2004, Margaret McGonigle (plaintiff), represented by Neil E. Jokelson, Esquire, filed in the United Slates District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania a civil action against defendant Michael Mcllmail, an agent with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, and defendant William Ansel, a police officer assigned to the Philadelphia Internal Affairs Department, alleging that said defendants conspired to wrongly accuse her of appearing in federal court as a character witness for a criminal defendant in violation of a…