WACHTLER v. COUNTY OF HERKIMER

No. 1328, Docket 93-9135.

35 F.3d 77 (1994)

Stephen J. WACHTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF HERKIMER; Gary L. Greene, Trooper; Harry C. Schlesier, Trooper; Sgt. Panko; Cpl. House; Deputy Allan; Deputy Epps; Chuck's Towing & Collision Service; Charles Furner; James W. Smith, Town Justice for the Town of Winfield; Jacquelyn M. Asnoe, Assistant District Attorney for the County of Herkimer; John F. Skinner, Town Justice for the Town of Columbia and John Doe, 7 John Does and/or Mary Roes, in their private and/or in their official capacities, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Wachtler, pro se.

Carrie McLoughlin Noll, Amsterdam, NY (Horigan, Horigan, Pennock and Lombardo, P.C., of counsel), for defendants-appellees County of Herkimer, Asnoe, Panko, House, Allan and Epps.

Burt M. Carrig, Little Falls, NY (Blumberg & Carrig, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Skinner.

G. Oliver Koppell, Atty. Gen., of Albany, NY (Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen., Nancy A. Spiegel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael S. Buskus, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Greene and Schlesier.

John P. Sidd, Syracuse, NY (Devorsetz Stinziano Gilberti & Smith, P.C., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Furner and Chuck's Towing.

Before: WINTER, ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges, and BREYER, Associate Justice.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Stephen J. Wachtler, pro se, appeals from Chief Judge McAvoy's order dismissing his amended complaint. The complaint asserted numerous federal claims against nineteen defendants, all arising out of an incident in which Wachtler was pulled over for speeding, refused to produce any identification, was subsequently arrested, strip-searched, and spent a night in jail. The district court dismissed or...

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