Legal Opinion
Dillon v. City and County of San Francisco
District Court, N.D. California
Decided October 19, 1990No. C-89-4208-MHPPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PATEL, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Patrick Dillon, was arrested by San Francisco police officers on September 22, 1988. Plaintiff maintains that the arresting officers violated his constitutional rights by using excessive force in executing his arrest. While the plaintiff originally brought causes of action under the Civil Rights Act of 1864, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California tort law, plaintiff’s counsel dismissed the state law claims at a hearing on September 28, 1990.
The parties are presently before this court on a motion to quash a subpoena served by plaintiff on Gerald McEowen, a…
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