GRIER v. GALINAC

Civ. A. No. 1:CV-90-174.

745 F.Supp. 1058 (1990)

Todd M. GRIER, Plaintiff, v. John GALINAC, and Roberta Pisle, individually and as officers in the Police Department of the Township of Swatara, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

September 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Rowland, Jr., Harrisburg, Pa., for plaintiff.

Frank J. Lavery, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

CALDWELL, District Judge.

Defendants, John Galinac and Roberta Pisle, Swatara Township police officers, have filed a motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. Plaintiff, Todd M. Grier, initiated this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 after the defendants detained him during their investigation of a bank robbery. Plaintiff contends that they were motivated by racial animus in doing so. The plaintiff is black and the defendants are...

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