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PAGANO v. HADLEY

Civ. A. No. 81-381.

535 F.Supp. 92 (1982)

Father Bernard R. PAGANO, Plaintiff, v. Detective Timothy HADLEY, Detective Thomas Shannon, Detective Warren Scheuler, Jr., Corporal Albert Ament, John H. Wilding, Magistrate, and the State of Delaware, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Owens, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff; Alfred R. Fabricant, of Shea & Gould, New York City, of counsel.

Edward F. Kafader, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for defendants — State of Delaware and the Individual Defendants in their Official Capacities.

H. Murray Sawyer, Jr., Wilmington, Del., for defendants in their Individual Capacities.

OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge.

This is a case about mistaken identity. It began with the arrest of Father Bernard T. Pagano, a Catholic priest, on February 27, 1979. Police charged that Father Pagano, in addition to serving the parishoners of St. Mary's Refuge of Sinners Church in Cambridge, Maryland, led a secret life as the "Gentleman Bandit" responsible for a series of liquor store holdups in the Wilmington area. After arresting Pagano, Delaware State...

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