COHEN v. CAHILL

No. 16265.

281 F.2d 879 (1960)

Michael COHEN, Appellant, v. Thomas CAHILL, as Chief of Police of the City and County of San Francisco; Michael Maguire, as Police Officer of the San Francisco Police Department, and Cecil Harris, as Police Officer of the San Francisco Police Department, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Dion R. Holm, William F. Bourne, City Atty. & Asst. City Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, HAMLEY and MERRILL, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant filed a complaint in the District Court alleging that defendants, acting under color of state custom or usage, deprived him of rights guaranteed by the federal Constitution. See 42 U.S. C.A. § 1983.

Appellant's complaint declared that two of the defendants had fraudulently gained entrance to appellant's hotel room while he was in bed, that they forced him to get dressed and to accompany them to the police station, that...

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