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2026-00838 · Lackawanna County
Evidentiary treatment: This summarizes the plaintiff's own allegations as stated in the complaint or docket record cited below. It reflects what was filed, not a court finding, and is not a determination that the allegations are true.
This is the originating Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas action that Paul Saladino, MD removed to federal court, docketed there as 3:26-cv-01266 (tracked separately as C074). Defendants are Paul Saladino, MD and Heart & Soil Supplements LLC; the federal docket lists a cause of action under 18 U.S.C. § 241.
The case was later consolidated with an earlier, related Tufano v. Saladino action (3:26-cv-00396, tracked as C061). No separate complaint text for the state-court filing was independently located — it exists only as an unpurchased exhibit to the federal notice of removal.
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Outcome reason: Lackawanna County case 26-cv-838 was removed on May 11, 2026 as M.D. Pa. 3:26-cv-01266 (C074). On May 27, 2026, the federal court consolidated 3:26-cv-01266 into the already-pending 3:26-cv-00396 (C061).
Research status: Source-backed removal + consolidation
Research notes: Federal Filing 1 expressly identifies Lackawanna County case 26-cv-838. The removed case was consolidated into C061 on May 27, 2026. C061 itself was an original federal action filed Feb. 17, 2026, the same date currently recorded for C032, with Paul Saladino and Heart & Soil Supplements LLC as defendants.
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A Lackawanna County Saladino complaint (2026-00838/26-cv-838) is recorded on the same date as C061's federal filing. It was later removed to M.D. Pa. as C074 and consolidated into C061's docket; the court denied Tufano's default-judgment motion as premature and ordered him to show cause why the matter should not be dismissed for failure to effect proper service.
Source — courtlistener.com ↗Sequence does not by itself prove motive or causation.
A Lackawanna County Saladino case (2026-00838 / 26-cv-838) is recorded on the same date as C061.
Source — dockets.justia.com ↗Paul Saladino removed Lackawanna County case 26-cv-838 to M.D. Pa. as 3:26-cv-01266.
Source — courtlistener.com ↗Filing 1 expressly removes Lackawanna County case 26-cv-838; on May 27 the removed federal action was consolidated into C061.
Federal source — dockets.justia.com ↗C061 was an original federal action filed Feb. 17, 2026 against Paul Saladino and Heart & Soil. C032 is recorded the same day; after C032 was removed as C074, the court consolidated C074 into C061.
Federal source — dockets.justia.com ↗Frank Tufano Litigation Research. "Tufano v. Saladino (2026-00838)". Research last verified September 23, 2026. https://suedbyfranktufano.com/cases/2026-00838-tufano-v-saladino/