PRENTZEL v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. S-9979.

53 P.3d 587 (2002)

H. Thompson PRENTZEL, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Trooper Daniel Scott, Trooper Dane Gilmore, Captain Warren Tanner, and Colonel Glen Godfrey, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thompson Prentzel, III, pro se.

Richard Keck, Assistant Attorney General, Fairbanks, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

State troopers arrested a man without a warrant because they thought he was violating his court-imposed conditions of release from a prior charge. He was never charged with violating the release conditions. The man sued the State of Alaska and individual Alaska State Troopers. Was it error to dismiss on the pleadings his negligence claims against the state and his negligence and 42 U.S.C. §...

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