CIRINO v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al

Filing 83

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT PRIMECARE DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS GRANTED AND JUDGMENT IS ENTERED IN FAVOR OF PRIMECARE MEDICAL, INC. THOMAS WEBBER AND MEGAN HUGHES AND AGAINST RALPH CIRINO WITH RESPECT TO CIRINO'S FOURTEENTH A ND FIRST AMENDMENT CLAIMS. LEHIGH COUNTY DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS GRANTED AND JUDGMENT IS ENTERED IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY OF LEHIGH, WARDEN DAN MIESEL, AND ASSISTANT WARDEN JANINE DONATE WITH RESPECT TO CIRINO'S FOURTEENTH AND FIRST AMENDMENT CLAIMS. SIGNED BY HONORABLE GERALD J. PAPPERT ON 5/17/22. 5/17/22 ENTERED & E-MAILED.(fdc)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
RALPH J. CIRINO,
Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION
NO. 18-03565

v.
THE COUNTY OF LEHIGH
PENNSYLVANIA, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER

AND NOW, this 17th day of May, 2022, upon consideration of the PrimeCare
Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF 50), the Lehigh County Defendants’
Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF 52), Plaintiff Ralph Cirino’s Responses (ECF 63
and 72), Defendants’ Replies (ECF 76 and 77), and Plaintiff’s Sur-Replies (ECF 80 and
81), it is ORDERED that:
1.

PrimeCare Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED and
JUDGMENT IS ENTERED in favor of PrimeCare Medical, Inc., Thomas
Webber and Megan Hughes and against Ralph Cirino with respect to Cirino’s
Fourteenth and First Amendment claims;

2. Lehigh County Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED
and JUDGMENT IS ENTERED in favor of the County of Lehigh, Warden
Dan Miesel, and Assistant Warden Janine Donate with respect to Cirino’s
Fourteenth and First Amendment claims;

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3.

Cirino’s claims for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and
violations of the Pennsylvania Constitution are DISMISSED without
prejudice.
The Clerk of Court shall mark this case CLOSED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Gerald J. Pappert
GERALD J. PAPPERT, J.