HECTOR v. WATT

No. 00-3084.

235 F.3d 154 (2000)

Eugene HECTOR, Appellant, v. Gordon J. WATT; Alberto Diaz; Richard Davy; Scott Hunter, in their individual and official capacities.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: December 13, 2000.

As Amended January 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Rosenfield, Esq. (Argued), 1808 Law & Finance Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. John Stember, Esq., 429 Forbes Avenue, Allegheny Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Appellant.

John G. Knorr, III, Esq., Calvin R. Koons, Esq. (Argued), Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Strawberry Square, 15th Floor, Harrisburgh, PA 17120. Rodney M. Torbic, Esq., Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 564 Forbes Avenue, Manor Complex, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Appellees.

BEFORE: NYGAARD, GREENBERG and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge:

In previous criminal proceedings Eugene Hector successfully argued that several state troopers violated the Fourth Amendment when they seized over 80 pounds of hallucinogenic mushrooms from Hector's airplane in Dubois, Pennsylvania. Once the drugs were suppressed and the prosecution dismissed, Hector initiated this § 1983 action against the four appellees, Officers Gordon Watt, Alberto Diaz, Richard Davy, and...

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