A federal judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit of a Western Pennsylvania woman claiming as many as five Pennsylvania State Police officers tortured her with pepper spray and cold water and urinated on her while she was shackled in custody early last year.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gary L. Lancaster of the Western District of Pennsylvania determined that the doctrine of sovereign immunity did not help the officers because the alleged conduct fell outside the scope of their job description.
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