Case Name: Joy L. CRAMER; Wilmer H. Scott, Appellants v. Donna PRUEY; Allen E. Pruey; Sherry Bell (Pruey) Soccio; Donald E. Russler, Jr.; Connie C. Russler; Trooper Jesse L. Dumm, individually; Trooper Steven C. Peterson, individually; Trooper Kevin Reese, individually; Robert M. Beck, Huntingdon Valley Dog Warden, individually
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-20
Citations: 438 F. App'x 152
Docket Number: No. 10-4667
Parties: Joy L. CRAMER; Wilmer H. Scott, Appellants v. Donna PRUEY; Allen E. Pruey; Sherry Bell (Pruey) Soccio; Donald E. Russler, Jr.; Connie C. Russler; Trooper Jesse L. Dumm, individually; Trooper Steven C. Peterson, individually; Trooper Kevin Reese, individually; Robert M. Beck, Huntingdon Valley Dog Warden, individually.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 438
Pages: 152–153

Head Matter:
Joy L. CRAMER; Wilmer H. Scott, Appellants v. Donna PRUEY; Allen E. Pruey; Sherry Bell (Pruey) Soccio; Donald E. Russler, Jr.; Connie C. Russler; Trooper Jesse L. Dumm, individually; Trooper Steven C. Peterson, individually; Trooper Kevin Reese, individually; Robert M. Beck, Huntingdon Valley Dog Warden, individually.
No. 10-4667.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Under Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a), July 14, 2011.
Filed: July 20, 2011.
Joseph M. Devecka, Esq., Boalsburg, PA, for Appellants.
Donna Pruey, Petersburg, PA, pro se.
Allen E. Pruey, Petersburg, PA, pro se.
Sherry Bellsoccio, Petersburg, PA, pro se.
Donald E. Russler, Jr., Petersburg, PA, pro se.
Connie C. Russler, Petersburg, PA, pro se.
Michael L. Harvey, Calvin R. Koons, Esq., Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.
Before: SLOVITER, FUENTES, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Joy L. Cramer and Wilmer H. Scott brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. On appeal, they contend that the District Court improperly dismissed their claims against the Russler and Pruey families because although not state actors, they were "involved with the Commonwealth Appellees State Troopers who on all occasions violated the Appellants' Civil Rights." (Appellants' Br. 14). While we take this language to refer to an alleged civil conspiracy among the private parties and the Commonwealth defendants, see Great Western Mining & Mineral Co. v. Fox Rothschild LLP, 615 F.3d 159, 175-76 (3d Cir.2010), to the extent the District Court correctly dismissed all of the § 1983 claims against the Commonwealth defendants, any § 1983 conspiracy claim involving the private actors must also fail.
Accordingly, having reviewed the District Court's orders of October 22 and November 15, 2010, dismissing all of Appellants' causes of action for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), we hereby affirm substantially for the reasons stated by the District Court.