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CROSWELL v. O'HARA

Civ. A. No. 77-3418.

443 F.Supp. 895 (1978)

Julia CROSWELL v. John O'HARA, Badge No. 5008, Individually and as a police officer of the City of Philadelphia, Dennis Petrillo, Badge No. 3096, Individually and as a police officer of the City of Philadelphia, John Doe, Individually and as a warrant officer of the City of Philadelphia, Richard Roe, Individually and as a police officer of the City of Philadelphia, Joseph O'Neill, Individually and as Police Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia and City of Philadelphia.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rudovsky, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Thaddeus J. Bartkowski, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

LUONGO, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff, Julia Croswell, contends that four Philadelphia policemen broke into her home without proper authorization, beat her, illegally arrested her, and falsely charged her with committing criminal offenses. She sues the four policemen (two of whom are unidentified and labelled "John Doe" and "Richard Roe" in the complaint), Philadelphia Police Commissioner...

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