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holding that plaintiff's claim "states only a legal conclusion" because his assertion that "[he] was the subject of retaliation [is] clearly insufficient to allege a well settled and permanent [municipal] custom"
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-4809
04-01-2013
WILLIAM KLEIN, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF BUCKS, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 19th day of March, 2013, it is hereby ORDERED as that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint (Dkt. No, 15) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows:
1. Count I is DISMISSED as to all Defendants and as to all allegations, except to the extent that Plaintiff alleges a violation of his free speech rights against Defendants Sheriff Edward Donnelly and Chief Deputy Sheriff Dennis Shook as a result of his having given testimony before a disciplinary hearing and a grand jury.
2. Count Ill's demand for punitive damages is DISMISSED.
3. The Motion is DENIED in all other respects.
BY THE COURT:
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C. DARNELL JONES, II J.