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ACOFF v. ABSTON

No. 83-7248.

762 F.2d 1543 (1985)

Lewellyn ACOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. D.E. ABSTON, J.T. Reed, Individually and as Police Officers, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. England, England & Bivens, P.C., Tuscaloosa, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Robert W. Ennis, IV, Asst. City Atty., City of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for City of Tuscaloosa.

Robert B. Harwood, Jr., Tuscaloosa, Ala., for Abston & Reed.

Before RONEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Lewellyn Acoff filed this suit under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1981) against the City of Tuscaloosa and police officers D.E. Abston and J.T. Reed. Acoff claimed that certain injuries inflicted on him by the officers violated his constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Acoff appeals from the district court's order granting directed verdicts for all the defendants, while the defendants cross-appeal from an...

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