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WEISMAN v. SHERRY

Civ. No. 80-0580.

514 F.Supp. 728 (1981)

James P. WEISMAN, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence A. SHERRY, Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

March 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Gelso, John Bednarz, Wilkes Barre, Pa., for plaintiff.

Donald Brobst, Wilkes Barre, Pa., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

NEALON, Chief Judge.

This case concerns the scope of the state action requirement in 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 On June 6, 1978, Lawrence Sherry accused James P. Weisman of theft in a private criminal complaint filed before District Justice Ronald W. Swank of Mountaintop, Pennsylvania. In the current litigation, Weisman claims that his constitutional rights were violated, because Sherry...

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