BISHOP v. CROSS

No. 85-3436.

790 F.2d 38 (1986)

Maurice BISHOP; Reginald Bishop; Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Marvin CROSS, Bud Boles, Christal Hayes, Sherilyn Knox, Officers; William Hanton, Chief of Police; Reginald Turner, Safety Director; Annie Bishop; Lenny Hayes; Otmous Howard, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. McGraw (argued), Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David G. Davies, Ray, Robinson, Hanninen, & Carle, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Murray D. Bilfield, Cleveland, Ohio, Mark Behnke (argued), for Cross and Boles.

Armand Cohn, Timothy P. Misny, Cleveland, Ohio, for C. Hayes.

Before MARTIN and GUY, Circuit Judges and REED, District Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Maurice and Reginald Bishop appeal the district court's dismissal of their civil lawsuit for lack of prosecution pursuant to Rule 41(b), Fed.R.Civ.P. The plaintiffs, who are brothers, filed suit in federal district court on November 5, 1984, alleging that the City of Cleveland, several Cleveland city officials and police officers, and other private citizens deprived them of their constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C....

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