Lewis v. City of Topeka, Kansas

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

G. THOMAS VANBEBBER, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this civil rights suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Topeka and five Topeka police officers. Plaintiffs allege that they were wrongfully subjected to a pretextual traffic stop in violation of the Fourth Amendment. They allege that the Topeka Police Department has a “policy of targeting automobiles for investigation without observation or information about specific criminal conduct,” also violating the Fourth Amendment. Wayne and Tyrone Lewis further allege that the police officers used excessive…