WARREN v. CITY OF LINCOLN, NEB.

No. 86-1434.

816 F.2d 1254 (1987)

Jackson WARREN, Appellant, v. CITY OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA; James Breen; Sandra L. Myers and David M. Beggs, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy Walker, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Richard D. Sievers, Lincoln, Neb., for appellees.

Before HEANEY and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Jackson Warren, a Lincoln, Nebraska, college student, appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action he had filed against the City of Lincoln and three Lincoln police officers following an adverse jury verdict. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND.

At 4:30 a.m. on April 13, 1985, several Lincoln City police officers were investigating an attempted burglary...

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