Legal Opinion

Berg v. County of Allegheny

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 17, 2000No. 98-3557UnknownCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

Plaintiff Raymond Berg appeals the District Court’s grant of summary judgment to all defendants in this civil rights action alleging false arrest and imprisonment based on an erroneously issued warrant. We will affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. Background

On July 14, 1994, Richard Gardner, the supervisor at Allegheny County Adult Probation Services, requested an arrest warrant for Paul Banks, who had violated conditions of his parole. After a judge of the Court of Common Pleas approved the warrant, Gardner sent an Arrest Warrant Information Sheet to Virginia Demko, the…

3Cases cited50 opinions

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4Cited by36 opinions

  1. Raymond A. Berg, Jr. v. County of Allegheny Allegheny County Adult Probation Services Debbie Benton Richard R. Gardner Glenn Allen Wolfgang Ginny DemkoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
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