Cissell v. Hanover Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER

BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the motion of the defendants Stucker and Wilding, both officers of the Kentucky State Police, for partial summary judgment on those portions of this action which present claims for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 analogous to malicious prosecution claims and pendent state claims based on the same facts. The case is somewhat unusual and rather complex, but the facts relevant to the disposition of the present motions may be briefly stated as follows.

The defendants and other law enforcement officers were conducting an…