District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania April 6, 2011, Civil Action 10-1436 (Thornton v. City of Pittsburgh)

MEMORANDUM

GARY L. LANCASTER, Chief Judge.

This is an action in civil rights. Plaintiffs, Theresa Thornton and Jeremiah Mitchell, as co-administrators of the estate of Curtis Mitchell, assert a claim pursuant to section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (“section 1983”), 42 U.S.C. § 1983.