COUGHLEN v. COOTS

No. 92-5724.

5 F.3d 970 (1993)

Gardner C. COUGHLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim COOTS; Mark Jump; and Daniel Farrell, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Laufman (argued and briefed), Laufman, Rauh & Gerhardstein, Cincinnati, OH, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen T. McMurtry, Covington, KY (argued and briefed), for defendants-appellees.

Before: MILBURN, RYAN, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Gardner C. Coughlen, appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to defendants in this § 1983 action. Plaintiff alleges that defendants, police officers Jim Coots, Mark Jump, and Daniel Farrell unlawfully arrested him, used excessive force, and maliciously prosecuted him in violation of his federal constitutional rights and Kentucky law. Because the district court...

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