HEINE v. CONNELLY

Civ. A. No. 85-181 LON.

644 F.Supp. 1508 (1986)

Robert C. HEINE, Plaintiff, v. Corporal CONNELLY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

October 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman E. Levine of Levine and Thompson, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff; Thomas H. Tropp, Terry S. Silva (argued) of Harris, Tropp & Smith, Media, Pa., of counsel.

H. Murray Sawyer, Jr. and Roger A. Akin (argued) of Sawyer & Akin, Wilmington, Del., for defendants Connelly, Gunning, Corrigan, Simpson, Spillan and Inman, in their individual capacities.

Michael F. Foster and John J. Polk (argued) of the Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for defendants.


OPINION

LONGOBARDI, District Judge.

Plaintiff Robert C. Heine has sued twenty-seven officials of the State of Delaware for contributing to his allegedly unlawful arrest and subsequent sexual assault by a prisoner trustee. Heine seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the pendent state law doctrines of false arrest, false imprisonment, gross negligence and negligence. Six defendants — the two arresting officers and four of their supervisors...

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