Title: Winig, J. v. Office of DA of Phila, et al. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT JASON WINIG, Petitioner v. THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF PHILADELPHIA, LAWRENCE S. KRASNER, ESQUIRE, BRANWEN MCNABB, ESQUIRE, MICHELLE MICHELSON, ESQUIRE, WILLIAM BURROWS, ESQUIRE AND HELEN PARK, ESQUIRE, Respondents : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 133 EAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW this 5th day of December, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. The Application to Withdraw as Counsel filed by Petitioner’s counsel, Walter Weir, Jr., Esquire and Weir Greenblatt Pierce LLP, is also GRANTED. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is: Whether law enforcement officers are immune from civil suits under Section 5725 of the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, 18 Pa.C.S. § 5725?