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TYLER v. PLAISTED

No. 69 C 319(1)

331 F.Supp. 260 (1971)

Melvin Leroy TYLER, Plaintiff, v. Officers Harry PLAISTED and Thomas Parks of the Third District, St. Louis, Missouri, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Missouri, E. D.

July 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis James Anderson, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff.

John J. FitzGibbon, Associate City Counselor, St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

MEREDITH, Chief Judge.

This case was tried to the Court without a jury. Plaintiff brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants assaulted and beat him while he was in their custody. This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343. This is a companion case to the case of Oliver Lyons v. Parks, No. 70 C 62(1), decided by this Court on February 23, 1971, in a memorandum opinion.

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