ROLLINS BY AGOSTA v. FARMER

No. 83-1978.

731 F.2d 533 (1984)

Steve ROLLINS, a Minor, by Kathleen AGOSTA, his Mother and Next Friend, Appellant, v. John R. FARMER and The City of Omaha, a Municipal Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Louis Vacca, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Garland, Pettis, Vacca & Wills, Omaha, Neb., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Steve Rollins, by and through his mother and next friend, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976 & Supp. V 1981) and the Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments alleging that on or about December 10, 1979, John Farmer, a police officer with the City of Omaha, Nebraska, entered Rollins's home without a warrant or the consent of any occupant and arrested Rollins. After several hours of detention, Rollins was released; no criminal...

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