GLOVER et al v. TACONY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL et al

Filing 76

ORDER THAT AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS'S MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF #60 &73) IS GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. APS'S MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF #67) IS DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. SIGNED BY HONORABLE WENDY BEETLESTONE ON 9/28/18. 10/1/18 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(mbh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ROMEO GLOVER and FATIMA
GLOVER,
Plaintiffs,

CIVIL ACTION

v.
NO. 18-56
TACONY ACADEMY CHARTER
SCHOOL, AMERICAN PARADIGM
SCHOOLS, NAIMAH HOLLIDAY, LISA
KELLY, ZITA COLLINS, NAIDA
MIRANDA, ASHLEY REDFEARN, JOHN
MCDONALD, ANITA VEGA-KAISER,
BARBARA SAUNDERS, LISA JOHNSON
AND TACONY ACADEMY CHARTER
SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
Defendants.

ORDER
AND NOW, this 28th day of September, 2018, upon consideration of American
Paradigm Schools’ (“APS”) Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 60 & 73) and Plaintiffs’ Response
thereto (ECF No. 68), IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED IN PART AND
DENIED IN PART as follows:
(1)
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Count One (Retaliation under 42
U.S.C. § 1983) is GRANTED. Count One is DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE.
(2)
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Count Two (Negligent Infliction of
Emotional Distress), Count Three (Negligent Infliction of Emotional
Distress) and Count Four (defamation) is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that upon consideration of the APS’s Motion to Dismiss
(ECF No. 67), TACS Defendants’ Response thereto (ECF No. 70), and APS’s Reply in Further
Support thereof (ECF No. 73), that APS’s Motion is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Wendy Beetlestone
_______________________________
WENDY BEETLESTONE, J.

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