DENNIS v. SPINA

No. 16941.

410 F.2d 391 (1969)

Jessie DENNIS, Appellant. v. Dominic SPINA, Police Commissioner in and for the City of Newark, N. J.; Maurice Nazaretti, a Detective in and for the City of Newark, N. J.; David McCummings, a Detective in and for the City of Newark, N. J.; Eugene Valette, a Federal Agent, Treasury Department; John Doe, a Sergeant, in Newark Police Dept., Second Precinct, Newark, N. J.; Brendan T. Byrne, Prosecutor in and for Essex County, at Newark, N. J.; and John Doe, a County Clerk, in and for Essex County at Newark, N. J.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessie Dennis, pro se.

Donald L. Berlin, Lieb & Teich, East Orange, N. J., for appellees.

Before KALODNER, GANEY and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiff appellant, Jessie Dennis, brought a civil rights action against Maurice Nazaretti and David McCummings, members of the Police Department of the City of Newark, New Jersey, charging them, and others, with having "kidnapped" him from the City of New York and illegally bringing him by force to Police Headquarters in Newark.

The District Court dismissed the Complaint as to all defendants except Nazaretti...

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