Legal Opinion
DiNicola v. DiPaolo
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 31, 1998No. CIV. A. 94-323PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MCLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Louis P. DiNieola brings the instant action against Defendants Dominick DiPaolo and Donald Gunter (former police officers for the City of Erie, Pennsylvania), William Vorsheek (a hypnotist formerly residing in Erie County), Edward Wayne Edwards (a former witness against DiNieola), and the City of Erie (the “City”) under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 and Pennsylvania state law. The claims arise out of Plaintiff’s arrest and conviction in 1980 on charges of arson and second degree murder for which he was eventually retried and acquitted. This…
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