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WEST BY AND THROUGH NORRIS v. WAYMIRE

No. 96-3675.

114 F.3d 646 (1997)

Mary Amanda WEST, a minor child, By and Through her parent and next friend, Rita NORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James Bradley WAYMIRE, City of Frankton, and Frankton Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Doehrman, Conour & Doehrman, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas R. Ruge (argued), Brian A. Statz, Lewis & Kappes, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James B. Waymire, Westville, IN, pro se.

Phillip A. Renz, Diana C. Bauer (argued), Larry L. Barnard, Miller, Carson, Boxberger & Murphy, Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, Jr. and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This is a suit for damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, brought on behalf of a minor, Amanda West, against Brad Waymire, a former police officer of the Town of Frankton, Indiana, and against the Town itself. (The Town is erroneously called "City of Frankton" by the lawyers for both sides.) The naming of the Town's Police Department as a defendant adds nothing; it is almost certainly not a

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