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TEFFT v. SEWARD

No. 80-1824.

689 F.2d 637 (1982)

Miles TEFFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James SEWARD, a/k/a Jessie Seward, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Becker, Otis, Peters, Becker & Pietsch, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

James K. Robinson, U.S. Atty., Hayward L. Draper, Sheldon N. Light, Joseph E. Papelian, Asst. U.S. Attys., Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before MERRITT and JONES, Circuit Judges, and WEICK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 15, 1982.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Tefft was severely wounded in the course of a drug arrest on March 7, 1974. His complaint alleges that he was involved in an illegal drug transaction when the car in which he was sitting was surrounded by several plainclothed officers of the Drug Enforcement Agency. Observing that the men were heavily armed, Tefft concluded that he was being robbed and attempted to...

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