BRUBAKER v. KING

No. 74-1041.

505 F.2d 534 (1974)

Lynn BRUBAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas KING, Individually and in his capacity as Special Agent for the United States Bureau of Customs, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent A. Barnhart, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lloyd H. Milliken, Jr., and David T. Kasper, Stanley B. Miller, U.S. Atty., and Richard L. Darst, Asst. U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before HASTIE and HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.


HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, state and federal law enforcement officers, in a civil rights action based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourth Amendment, claiming false arrest and imprisonment.

The cause of action arose out of the following events. A package addressed to the plaintiff, Lynn Brubaker, in Muncie, Indiana, with a return address of American Express, Amsterdam, was intercepted...

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