No. 25-124

Theresa Maria Laws v. Borough of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine malicious-prosecution monell-claim probable-cause section-1983
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess FirstAmendment CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether lack of probable cause as an element of malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is a factual question for the jury; whether dismissal of a Monell claim before an opportunity for discovery may deprive a litigant a fundamentally fair opportunity to litigate her claims under Section 1983; whether malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 should be analyzed under the Fourteenth Amendment pursuant to the incorporation doctrine

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether lack of probable cause as an element of malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is a factual question for the jury? 2. Whether dismissal of a Monell claim before an opportunity for discovery may deprive a litigant a fundamentally fair opportunity to litigate her claims under Section 1983? 3. Whether malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 should be analyzed under the Fourteenth Amendment pursuant to the incorporation doctrine?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-15
Waiver of right of respondents Borough of Lansdale, et al. to respond filed.
2025-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2025)

Attorneys

Borough of Lansdale, et al.
Kevin Thomas TodorowMarshall Dennehey, Respondent
Kevin Thomas TodorowMarshall Dennehey, Respondent
Theresa Laws
Angelo L. Cameron — Petitioner
Angelo L. Cameron — Petitioner