Federal District Court Judge John Gallagher has stayed the lawsuit that Northampton County's former Custody Master, Lisa Tresslar, has filed against Court Administrator Jermaine Greene and President Judge Craig Dally. His Order, filed on January 13, is at the request of both sides.
In her action, Tresslar maintains that she is the victim of retaliatory action for exercising her first amendment rights concerning major changes imposed by the court in the way that custody cases are handled. The court has denied any retaliatory act and adds that that it is in any event imbued with legislative immunity because the changes to procedure were a matter of court rules adopted by the judiciary.
Both sides previously have filed Motions for Summary Judgment, which were argued in December.
A stay of this sort is often an indication that the parties are attempting to settle their differences.
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