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WHEATLEY v. BEETAR

No. 442, Docket 80-7125.

637 F.2d 863 (1980)

Robert WHEATLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Police Officers Robert BEETAR, Robert Jacobsen, Arthur French, Margaret Cavanagh, Michael Ford, James Silvestri, William Cooper, Robert Nafis, Louis Gray, Robert Lefferty, Brian McCormack, Kevin Gorman, Robert Spinello, Detectives Edward Saleski, Gary Tirelli, Jay Richard, Detective Sergeants William Wagner, Wessels and Sergeant Donald Hare, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sydney J. Chase, Mineola, N. Y., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert O. Boyhan, Deputy County Atty., Nassau County, Mineola, N. Y. (Edward G. McCabe, County Atty., Nassau County, Mineola, N. Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before WATERMAN, MANSFIELD, and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for damages against several Nassau County police officers, Robert Wheatley appeals from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered by Judge George C. Pratt after a bifurcated jury trial resulted in one verdict finding appellees liable for use of force in violation of his constitutional rights and a second verdict awarding him $1.00 damages. The order appealed from...

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