United States Third Circuit
Santiago v. Warminster Township, 10-1294
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town and three of its senior police officers, claiming that she suffered a hear attack after being subjected to excessive force during a raid on her home, district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims is affirmed where: 1) under the pleading standard set forth by the Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, plaintiff has failed to plead sufficient factual matters to give rise to a plausible claim for relief against the senior police officers; and 2) plaintiff's claim against the town also must fail because she has failed to plausibly plead that the police chief's conduct caused her any injury.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/06/2010
- Decided 12/14/2010
- Published 12/14/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- David F. McComb, Andrew J. Bellwoar