Ingram v. Williamsport Bureau of Police

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

GERRAL E. INGRAM, : No. 4:25cv1022
Plaintiff :
(Judge Munley)

(Chief Magistrate Judge Bloom)

V.
: FILED
WILLIAMSPORT BUREAU OF : SCRANTON
POLICE, :
Defendant : DEC 23 2025

PER = Sufy CLERK

_PRDER
AND NOW, to wit, this Ao day of December 2025, upon consideration
of pro se Plaintiff Gerral E. Ingram’s objections to the report and recommendation
(“R&R”), (Doc. 10), and the proposed second amended complaint, (Doc. 9), it is
hereby ORDERED that:

1) Plaintiff's objections to the R&R, (Doc. 10), are SUSTAINED in part and
OVERRULED in part;

2) The R&R, (Doc. 8), will be ADOPTED in part as the court agrees that
plaintiff's amended complaint, (Doc. 6), fails to state a claim under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 against the Williamsport Bureau of Police, and unnamed
potential defendants Officer Tyler Corter or Mercedes Joyce;

3) However, upon consideration of Ingram’s references to two (2) hours of

bodycam footage in his proposed second amended complaint, (Doc. 9 at

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2-6), the court cannot say for certain whether amendment would be futile
as to his Section 1983 claims against the City of Williamsport, Officer Tyler
Corter, or Mercedes Joyce":

4) Consequently, Ingram’s amended complaint is DISMISSED without
prejudice;

5) The proposed second amended complaint, (Doc. 9), is not accepted as

filed:

6) Ingram is directed to file a second amended complaint that complies with
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8(a), 8(d), and 10 and refers to all exhibits
previously filed or referenced in this matter;

7) The second amended complaint should be a stand-alone document,
complete in itself and without reference to any previous pleadings. The
amended complaint should set forth Ingram’s claims in short, concise, and
plain statements, and in numbered paragraphs, each limited to a single fact
per paragraph as far as practicable. Ingram shall attach all exhibits filed

with his previous pleadings as exhibits to the second amended complaint;

1 It is unclear whether Ingram attempted to file bodycam footage as an exhibit to his amended
complaint. (See Doc. 6, Clerk’s notation). As noted by the Clerk of Court, a CD-ROM
submitted with the amended complaint was blank. Id.

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8) Nothing in this order shall preclude Ingram from filing (or re-filing) a copy of
the bodycam video as an exhibit to the second amended complaint on a
USB drive or a CD-ROM; and

9) Ingram shall file any second amended complaint on or before January 26,
2026: and

10) If Ingram does not file a second amended complaint by January 26,
2026, the court may dismiss this matter with prejudice and without further
notice to the plaintiff for failure to prosecute and/or failure to comply with a

court order.

BY THE COURT:

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UDGE/JULIA K. MUNLE
nited States District C