Legal Opinion
Pete v. Metcalfe
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1993No. 91-1494PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Omer Gilbert Pete (Pete) appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against various defendants arising out of his arrest, prosecution and incarceration for sexual assault. We affirm.
Facts and Proceedings Below
Pete alleged that sometime in early 1985, Dudley Perry (Perry), a Mesquite, Texas, police officer, confronted Pete with a charge by his daughter, Trellis, that Pete had raped her on July 3,1982. Pete explained to Perry that he had been in a severe accident on June 27, 1982, that had physically incapacitated him for several…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Hardin v. StraubSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Haring v. ProsiseSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by89 opinions
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