FINLEY v. RITTENHOUSE

No. 23427.

416 F.2d 1186 (1969)

Frank FINLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Baxter RITTENHOUSE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Finley, in pro. per.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted in the Pasadena, California, Muncipal Court of buying and receiving stolen property in violation of section 496 of the California Penal Code.

Ten years later, he brought this civil action for damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the appellee, the police officer who arrested him for the above offense, had subjected him to false imprisonment and had unlawfully taken several items from his...

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