ROUTH v. CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI

No. 82-6071-CV-SJ.

580 F.Supp. 876 (1984)

Dennis ROUTH, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI, and S.L. Burton, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, St. Joseph Division.

March 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Yeretsky, Niewald, Waldeck, Norris & Brown, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Michael Hufft and John Fox, Kansas City, Mo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SACHS, District Judge.

This civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was initially brought in state court and removed by defendants to this court. Plaintiff seeks a remand, asserting that he has been given an option to use the state courts and has the right to maintain his action there. State and federal courts have concurrent jurisdiction over § 1983 cases.

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