McDonald v. Dunning

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Introduction

In this unusual case, a series of errors by local and state officials led to the mistaken arrest and jailing of plaintiff for failure to appear to serve a sentence he had in fact already served. The question presented by defendants’ summary judgment motions is whether the errors are intentional acts of constitutional magnitude so as to support plaintiffs § 1983 claims. Specifically, plaintiff asserts § 1983 claims against the clerk of the court which issued a stale warrant and the sheriff of the jail in which plaintiff was incarcerated.…