HILL v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

No. 92-3259.

12 F.3d 575 (1993)

Donald HILL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CLEVELAND; Carolyn W. Allen, Director of Public Safety, City of Cleveland; Edward Kovacic, Chief of Police, City of Cleveland; John Whipkey, Patrolman, Badge No. 964; Paul Raynard, Patrolman, Badge No. 1773; and John Doe(s), Members of the Cleveland Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Kracht (argued & briefed), George V. Pilat, McIntyre, Kahn & Kruse, Cleveland, OH, for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul A. Janis (argued & briefed), City of Cleveland Law Dept., Office of Director of Law, Cleveland, OH, for defendants-appellees.

Before MARTIN and SILER, Circuit Judges, and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.


SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Donald Hill, Jr., appeals the entry of summary judgment against him. Hill claims that the release-dismissal agreement between himself and the City of Cleveland ("the City") does not bar his civil rights action against the City and several of its officers. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court.

Background

This dispute arises from events surrounding Hill's December 20, 1989, arrest by city police...

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