TVERAAS v. COFFEY

File No. 2:91-CV-260.

818 F.Supp. 75 (1993)

Michael TVERAAS, Plaintiff, v. Donald COFFEY and Gordon Marcelle, in their individual capacities, and Timothy Van Zandt, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

March 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Putter, Saxer, Anderson, Wolinsky & Sunshine, Burlington, VT, for plaintiff.

Ritchie E. Berger, Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp, Burlington, VT, for defendant Coffey.

Oreste V. Valsangiacomo, Jr., Valsangiacomo, Detora & McQuesten, Barre, VT, for defendant Marcelle.

Robert W. Gagnon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vermont Atty. General's Office, Montpelier, VT, for defendant Van Zandt.


OPINION AND ORDER

PARKER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Michael Tveraas, has sued defendant, Donald Coffey, among others, in his individual capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges first a violation of his right to due process by the initiation and prolongation of a malicious prosecution. Second, he claims that the defendant's seizure and detention of four fisher cat pelts in relation to this prosecution was unreasonable. This action was filed on...

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