What civil judgments, if any, have been entered against Phil Godlewski in federal or state courts?
Executive summary
Court records and public dockets in the reporting supplied show active litigation involving Philip (Phil) Godlewski and at least one state-court adverse ruling on summary judgment that he has appealed, but the available sources do not establish a broader pattern of civil money judgments entered against him in federal or state courts. The strongest documentary evidence in the packet is an appellate memorandum noting that a Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas order granted summary judgment against Godlewski, while federal dockets show he has frequently been a plaintiff in recent suits (and some defendants have opposed or moved to dismiss), without clear, published final civil-judgment entries in those federal cases in the material provided [1] [2] [3] [4] [5].
1. What the state-court record in the reporting shows: an adverse summary-judgment order under appeal
A Pennsylvania appellate memorandum in the supplied PDF demonstrates that Philip Godlewski appealed an order from the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas that had granted summary judgment against him in a civil case filed there, indicating a dispositive ruling adverse to him at the trial level and a subsequent appeal to the Superior Court [1]. The document’s caption and language identify the case number and that the appellant is Godlewski, and its filing indicates that, at least in that matter, a judicially entered summary judgment was entered and is the subject of appellate review [1].
2. What the federal dockets supplied show: plaintiff-side filings, no clear final judgments in the excerpts
Multiple federal-docket entries in the Middle District of Pennsylvania show Godlewski bringing civil suits — for example, Godlewski v. Alvear Gonzalez (3:24-cv-00344) and Godlewski v. Geary (3:21-cv-02178) — with filings, motions, and routine docket activity captured on CourtListener, Justia, and PACER-monitoring pages [2] [3] [6] [4] [5]. Those docket summaries establish that Godlewski has been an active plaintiff in federal litigation, that summonses were issued and some motions (including denials of default judgment) were entered, but the supplied snippets do not show definitive civil-judgment entries such as final money judgments or dismissals with prejudice in those federal matters [2] [3] [4] [5].
3. Other state-court litigation and filings collected online do not, in the supplied record, show additional final judgments
An online archive of court documents and a blog-style compilation lists many filings in Godlewski’s suits against media outlets (notably the Scranton Times-Tribune), including briefs and motions for summary judgment by defendants and responses by Godlewski [7]. Those file lists show substantial motion practice and dispositive motion briefing but, within the provided snippets, do not conclusively show final adverse money-judgment entries against Godlewski beyond the Lackawanna County summary-judgment order noted on appeal [7] [1].
4. Media reporting, allegations, and courtroom cross-claims — context but not dispositive proof of judgments
Press accounts and commentary have focused on the substance of some allegations revealed in litigation (including reporting that Godlewski’s defamation claims produced discovery that led to damaging allegations about his past), and news outlets like The Daily Beast and others summarized the newspaper defendants’ counter-claims and discovery assertions (captured in summaries at Raw Story and IMDb referencing coverage) [8] [9]. Those reports document serious accusations surfaced in litigation and robust defense filings, but the provided reporting excerpts are not a substitute for docket entries that would show money judgments or civil liability conclusively entered against him [8] [9].
5. Bottom line and limits of the public reporting provided
Based on the documents and docket summaries supplied, the only explicit judicial ruling identified in the material that appears adverse to Godlewski is the Lackawanna County order granting summary judgment that is on appeal [1]. Multiple federal dockets confirm he has filed lawsuits and faced responsive filings, but the sources provided do not contain clear entries showing additional final civil judgments (monetary or injunctive) entered against him in the federal cases cited [2] [3] [4] [5]. The reporting available here is limited to docket summaries, briefs listings, and media accounts; a comprehensive answer about every civil judgment would require a direct search of full state and federal records (including PACER and county civil-judgment indices) beyond these excerpts, which the present sources do not supply [1] [2] [7].