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York City woman drops civil-rights lawsuit against township police, Walmart
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
A York City woman who sued Springettsbury Township, seven of its police officers and Walmart has voluntarily dropped her lawsuit, federal court records show.
Latoya Batty, 43, withdrew the federal civil-rights lawsuit on Feb. 9 with prejudice, records state. “With prejudice” means she cannot refile the lawsuit.
On Wednesday, Springettsbury Township released a statement announcing the suit withdrawal and saying the dismissal “means the case was dismissed on its merit.”
“We hold the officers of the Springettsbury Township Police Department to very high standards,” the statement reads. “We were confident from the outset of this complaint that the evidence would show the officers acted in accordance with those standards.”
Health officer pleased with first community vaccine clinic
The Leavenworth Times
The Leavenworth County Health Department carried out its first large community clinic for the COVID-19 vaccine this past week. And the county health officer was pleased with the results.
“It was good clinic,” Health Officer Jamie Miller said.
The clinic, which provided vaccinations for 500 people, was in operation from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. Vaccinations were given to people who are 65 and older.
“We had a lot of compliments as to how quickly we were moving them in and out,” Miller said.
He acknowledged there were times when the line of people waiting for the vaccine extended outdoors. But he said organizers quickly identified the problem and made adjustments to move people inside and keep them as socially distanced as possible.