OCCHINO v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 81-1747, 81-1818.

686 F.2d 1302 (1982)

Richard L. OCCHINO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Richard Leo Anthony OCCHINO, Appellant, v. CITY OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA, a City Municipality; County of St. Louis, Minnesota, a County Municipality; Daniel J. Valure, Duluth Police Officer; Thomas M. Cich, Duluth Police Officer; Carl E. Hammerberg, Correction Agent, County of St. Louis, Minnesota; and Gregory J. Sertich, County Sheriff, County of St. Louis, Minnesota, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meshbesher, Singer & Spence, Ltd., Cheryl Divine, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

James M. Rosenbaum, U. S. Atty., Mary L. Egan, Asst. U. S. Atty., D. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., Barbara Shiels, Legal Intern, for appellee in No. 81-1747.

Alan L. Mitchell, St. Louis County Atty., Mary L. Peterson, Asst. County Atty., William P. Dinan, Duluth City Atty., Robert A. Plesha, Asst. City Atty., Duluth, Minn., for appellees in No. 81-1818.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, MARKEY, Judge, and HENLEY, Circuit Judge.


HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

These appeals involve two consolidated cases arising out of separate incidents of alleged false imprisonment. Although Richard L. Occhino is the plaintiff-appellant in each case, the facts underlying each appeal are wholly unrelated.

In the first case, No. 81-1747, Occhino prevailed in a bench trial on his claim of false imprisonment under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq. (1976). The underlying...

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