GIBSON v. CITY OF SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

No. 26553.

472 F.2d 1220 (1973)

Norman Allen GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SEATTLE (WASHINGTON), DEPARTMENT OF POLICE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Allen Gibson, in pro. per.

A. L. Newbould, Charles R. Nelson, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before ELY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and FERGUSON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

We affirm in part and reverse in part a judgment dismissing an action brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S. C. § 1983.

The action alleges that the defendants seized and confiscated certain items of plaintiff's personal property without cause but under color of state law. The district court dismissed the action as to all defendants.

The dismissal of the City of Seattle is affirmed, as that municipal defendant is not a "person...

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