Richard Fields v. City of Philadelphia, No. 16-1650 (3d Cir. 2017)

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PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ________________ No. 16-1650 ________________ RICHARD FIELDS, Appellant v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; SISCA, POLICE OFFICER, BADGE NO. 9547; JOE DOE, AN UNKNOWN PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER ________________ No. 16-1651 ________________ AMANDA GERACI, Appellant v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; DAWN BROWN, POLICE OFFICER, BADGE NO. 2454; TERRA M. BARROW, POLICE OFFICER, BADGE NO. 1147; NIKKI L. JONES, POLICE OFFICER, BADGE NO. 2549; RHONDA SMITH, POLICE OFFICER, BADGE NO. 1373 ________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Civil Action Nos. 2-14-cv-04424/05264) District Judge: Honorable Mark A. Kearney ________________ Before: AMBRO, RESTREPO, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges ORDER AMENDING OPINION The Court has been made aware of a typographical error in the opinion entered on July 7, 2017. Accordingly, it is O R D E R E D that sentence on page 19, paragraph 1, line 11 of the opinion should read: Notably, the plaintiff in Fordyce [v. City of Seattle, 55 F.3d 436 (9th Cir. 1995)] claimed he was recording a public protest for a local news station.”); … For the Court, Marcia M. Waldron, Clerk Date: July 13, 2017

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