Jessica Lea Tyciak v. Mathew Brennan, et al.

• Court: District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
• Decided: December 15, 2025
• Docket: 5:25-cv-04991
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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

JESSICA LEA TYCIAK, : Plaintiff, : : v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 25-CV-4991 : MATHEW BRENNAN, et al., : Defendants. :

ORDER AND NOW, this 15th day of December, 2025, upon consideration of Jessica Lea Tyciak’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 1) and pro se Complaint (ECF No. 2), it is ORDERED that: 1. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 2. The Complaint is DEEMED filed. 3. The Complaint is DISMISSED IN ITS ENTIRETY for the reasons stated in the Court’s Memorandum as follows: a. All claims against the Pennsylvania State Police, and Mathew Brennan and Igor Karlov in their official capacities are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(iii). b. Tyciak’s claims alleged in Count III are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). The claims are barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), and may be reasserted in a new civil action only in the event her underlying conviction is reversed on direct appeal, expunged by executive order, declared invalid by a state tribunal authorized to make such determination, or called into question by a federal court’s issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. c. All claims alleged against John Does #1-3 and Tyciak’s claims alleged against Brennan and Karlov in Counts I and II are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE

for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). d. All state claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 4. No leave to amend is granted. 5. The Clerk of Court shall CLOSE this case. BY THE COURT:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Schmehl JEFFREY L. SCHMEHL, J.