Legal Opinion
Strauss v. Springer
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 18, 1992No. Civ. A. No. 91-439PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEOMPORRA, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff, James E. Strauss, filed a civil rights action against the City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Police Officers Richard Springer and Robert Clift on January 22, 1991. The complaint asserts claims against the defendants under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1988, involving the alleged unconstitutional use of excessive deadly and non-deadly force against the plaintiff on August 28, 1989. The complaint also alleges a conspiracy among the defendants to deprive plaintiff of his constitutional rights. Plaintiff further…
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