O'DONNELL v. KNOTT et al

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Case Number:

2:16-cv-02040

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Judge:

MITCHELL S. GOLDBERG

Firms

  1. October 11, 2017

    Ex-DA Can't Shake Suit Over Woman's Online Comments

    A Pennsylvania woman saw claims advance against a suburban Philadelphia district attorney, a police chief and his daughter over a threatened arrest at her workplace that cost her job, after a federal judge found that the woman's comments on a social media account parodying the daughter, who was previously convicted of assaulting two gay men, were plausibly satirical.

  2. May 03, 2016

    Woman Sues Pa. DA After Firing Over Parody Web Comments

    A Pennsylvania woman said Friday that she was fired after detectives threatened to arrest her at her workplace over an online account that parodied a woman convicted of assaulting two gay men, according to a federal complaint that seeks $5.15 million for First Amendment violations.