In the case of Helring v. Scranton Police Pension Board, No. 2024-CV-771 (C.P. Lacka. Co. Aug. 11, 2025 Nealon, J.), the court entered a detailed Order granting a Defendant’s Motion to Quash subpoenas addressed to certain witnesses.
According to the Order, this matter involves a former Scranton Police Officer, whose disability pension was revoked following his federal felony conviction for knowingly stealing federal funds from the City of Scranton.
The former police officer filed this local agency appeal and, in anticipation of a hearing, served subpoenas upon members of the Police Pension Board seeking to compel their attendance at a hearing to testify regarding the standards they applied in the discretionary decision-making process that resulted in the revocation of the Plaintiff’s disability pension.
In response to the Motion to Quash, the court granted the same after confirming that the proposed subjects of inquiry identified by the Plaintiff were protected from disclosure by the “deliberative process privilege” which applies in cases involving governmental agencies.
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