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COHN v. PAPKE

Nos. 79-3531, 79-3664 and 79-3729.

655 F.2d 191 (1981)

Gordon H. COHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard William PAPKE and Joseph Charles Brazas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Mitchell, Woodland Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard M. Helgeson, Deputy City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., argued for Papke, et al.; S. Thomas Todd, Deputy City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Lucas Guttentag, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae NAACP.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, NELSON, Circuit Judge, and MUECKE, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Claiming that he was a victim of police brutality, plaintiff-appellant Gordon Cohn brought this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California law, seeking general and punitive damages from defendants-appellees Richard Papke and Joseph Brazas, Los Angeles police officers. Cohn alleged deprivation of specified constitutional rights and invoked pendent jurisdiction for parallel state causes of action.

Trial by jury commenced on May 8, 1978...

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