HALSEY v. PFEIFFER

Nos. 13-1549, 13-2236.

750 F.3d 273 (2014)

Byron HALSEY, Appellant v. Frank PFEIFFER; Gerald Alston; Peter Brannon; Russell Colucci; Kevin Connors; Gerald Courtney; Raymond Lynch; John Propsner; Edward Santiago; John Does Nos 1-100; Richard Roes Nos 1-10; Plainfield Police Department; City of Plainfield; County of Union.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: April 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rudovsky, Esq. , (argued), Jonathan H. Feinberg, Esq. , Kairys Rudovsky Messing & Feinberg, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Peter J. Neufeld, Esq. , Emma Freudenberger, Esq. , Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Esq. , Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellant.

Edward J. Kologi, Esq. , Michael S. Simitz, Esq. , (argued), Kologi & Simitza, Linden, NJ, Attorneys for Appellee Frank Pfeiffer.

Robert F. Varady, Esq. , (argued), LaCorte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella, Union, NJ, Attorney for Appellee Raymond Lynch.

BEFORE: JORDAN, VANASKIE, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The facts underlying this appeal — many of which are undisputed — are hardly believable. Plaintiff-Appellant, Byron Halsey, a young man with limited education, learned that the two small children for whom he had been caring had been tortured and murdered. He wanted to help in the investigation of these heinous crimes but found himself isolated in a police interview room...

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