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Mason v. City of Phila.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Sep 29, 2014
CIVIL ACTION No. 13-5163 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 29, 2014)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION No. 13-5163

09-29-2014

FLORENCE ELIZABETH MASON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff, Florence Elizabeth Mason's ("Plaintiff"), "Motion to Disqualify Judge." For the reasons set forth below, this Motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, in her own right and on behalf of, Vincent Mason Jr. and Crystal Mason, initiated this action by filing an application to "Proceed In Forma Pauperis" on September 4, 2013. I granted the Motion on September 13, 2013, and on this same day, Plaintiff filed a pro se Complaint naming a long list of Defendants including the following individuals and entities: the Philadelphia Housing Authority ("PHA"); PHA employees, Kelvin A. Jeremiah, Patrick Agnew, and Frank McLaughlin (collectively, "PHA Employees"); the City of Philadelphia (the "City");

Vincent Mason Jr. and Crystal Mason are Florence Mason's children who were apparently minors at the time of the incidents at issue. In a previous Memorandum Opinion, we dismissed them both as Plaintiffs in this action. (See Doc. No. 55.)

Pro se litigants are entitled to a liberal reading of their filings. See Ellington v. Cortes, 532 F. App'x. 53, 55 (3d Cir. 2013).
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Summaries of

Mason v. City of Phila.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Sep 29, 2014
CIVIL ACTION No. 13-5163 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 29, 2014)
Case details for

Mason v. City of Phila.

Case Details

Full title:FLORENCE ELIZABETH MASON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Sep 29, 2014

Citations

CIVIL ACTION No. 13-5163 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 29, 2014)