JACKSON v. MARION COUNTY

No. 93-2875.

66 F.3d 151 (1995)

Howard L. JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Jackson (submitted), Pendleton, IN, pro se.

MaryAnn G. Oldham, Office of the Corporation Counsel, City Counsel Legal Division, Indianapolis, IN, John F. Kautzman, Ruckelshaus, Roland, Hasbrook & O'Connor, Indianapolis, IN, for John R. Czenkusch.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and PELL and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, an Indiana state prisoner, brought a pro se suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Marion County, Indiana, and others, charging excessive force in his arrest. He lost in the district court, and appeals. Only one issue requires consideration in a published opinion, and that is the propriety of the dismissal of the county on the ground that the complaint failed adequately to allege that the misconduct by the arresting officers of...

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