Saladino post-trilogy / parallel-action extension
Fourteen days after the Feb. 3, 2026 R&R described earlier Saladino matters as a trilogy, Tufano filed a new original federal Saladino/Heart & Soil case on Feb. 17 and the existing state compilation records a Lackawanna Saladino case the same day. The state case was later removed and consolidated into the federal action.
The May 27 federal order expressly consolidated removed case 3:26-cv-01266 into 3:26-cv-00396, denied default judgment as premature and issued a show-cause deadline concerning service.
Research assessment
Strong evidence of continued and parallel litigation involving Saladino/Heart & Soil after the earlier trilogy was judicially identified; however, the claims in the state complaint have not been directly compared.
Important caveat
Do not describe C061/C032 as identical claims or as a refiling after judgment. The state complaint was filed before C055's March 20 final dismissal and is inaccessible through the current browser.
Cases in this sequence
Timeline
Tufano filed C061 in M.D. Pa. against Paul Saladino, MD and Heart & Soil Supplements LLC.
Source ↗A Lackawanna County Saladino case (2026-00838 / 26-cv-838) is recorded on the same date as C061.
Source ↗Paul Saladino removed Lackawanna County case 26-cv-838 to M.D. Pa. as 3:26-cv-01266.
Source ↗The court consolidated 3:26-cv-01266 into 3:26-cv-00396, denied Tufano's default-judgment motion as premature, and ordered him to show cause by June 5 why the matter should not be dismissed for failure to effect proper service.
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