SELL v. BARNER

Civ. A. No. 82-5270.

586 F.Supp. 319 (1984)

Leroy SELL v. Police Chief Robert BARNER, Bethlehem Township, individually and official capacity; Police Officer William Leiser, Jr., Bethlehem Township, individually and official capacity; Police Sergeant Ronald Clause, Bethlehem Township, Individually and Official Capacity; Bethlehem Township; Police Chief Frank Vigilanti, Freemansburg Borough, individually and official capacity; Police Officer James Brocious, Jr., Freemansburg Borough, individually and official capacity; Police Officer Robert Nichols, Freemansburg Borough, individually and official capacity; Freemansburg Borough.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colie B. Chappelle, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

A.J. Piazza, Scranton, Pa., Jackson M. Sigmon, Matthew Sorrentino, Bethlehem, Pa., Joseph Goldberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and the First, Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States, alleging, inter alia, that certain officers from the Bethlehem Township and Freemansburg Borough police departments violated his constitutional rights by "illegally seiz[ing]" him, using excessive force to effect...

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