JOHNSTON v. TOWN OF GREECE

Nos. 95-CV-6408L, 96-CV-6398L.

983 F.Supp. 348 (1997)

James Norman JOHNSTON, Plaintiff, v. The TOWN OF GREECE, et al., Defendants. James Norman JOHNSTON, Plaintiff, v. USA and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

November 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Brenna, Brenna & Brenna, Rochester, NY, for Plaintiff.

Jane A. Conrad, Rochester, NY, for Defendants Town of Greece, Greece Police Dept., Gerard Ives, Norman Gerhart, Captain Gommell, William Mackin, G. Dipaola, Jr., Sergeant Sullivan. D. Murray.

Brian M. McCarthy, Asst. U.S. Atty., Rochester, for Defendants USA, Fed. Bureau of Investigation.


DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, Chief Judge.

These civil actions arise out of plaintiff James Norman Johnston's ("Johnston") arrest and indictment on federal bank robbery charges in January 1994. The charges were dismissed approximately one year later, after Johnston had been detained for more than seven months.

Johnston first sued the Town of Greece, the Greece Police Department, and various individual employees of the Town pursuant to 42 U.S...

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