Court Opinion

ID: 9907184
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-05 21:23:27.609889+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:57:13.995806
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                                EASTERN DISTRICT

 JASON WINIG,                                    :   No. 133 EAL 2023
                                                 :
                       Petitioner                :
                                                 :   Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                                 :   from the Order of the
                v.                               :   Commonwealth Court
                                                 :
                                                 :
 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               :

                                         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?