EDLER v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-5500.

761 F.2d 807 (1985)

Alvin L. EDLER, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Margolies, Washington, D.C., with whom Morris Altman, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mitchell R. Berger, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, GINSBURG, Circuit Judge and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff-appellant Alvin L. Edler, a night shift postal worker at the Main Post Office next to Union Station, was detained by the Capitol Police at the start of his lunch break, shortly after 2:00 a.m., on March 13, 1982. Edler's blue van had been pointed out to a police officer by a Maryland bail bondsman as a vehicle believed to be owned and driven by the subject of a Prince George's County felony arrest warrant. The bondsman...

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