United States Third Circuit

A state cannot "create danger" giving rise to substantive due process liability by failing to more expeditiously seek someone's detention, by expressing an intention to seek such detention without doing so, or by taking note of a probation violation without taking steps to promptly secure the revocation of the probationer's probation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/19/2005
• Decided 04/04/2006
• Published 04/04/2006

Judges

• STAPLETON, Circuit Judge., Before:  SMITH, STAPLETON and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter M. Suwak (Argued), Washington, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas P. Pellis (Argued), Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Greensburg, PA, for Appellees Westmoreland County, Tami Whalen, Richard Yesko, Anthony C. Guinta and John Peck., Thomas P. McGinnis (Argued), Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees City Of Monessen, and Carl Franzaglio., Mary E. Butler (Argued), Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Administrative Office of PA Courts, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Paul S. Kuntz.