Legal Opinion
Steve Rollins, a Minor, by Kathleen Agosta, His Mother and Next Friend v. John R. Farmer and the City of Omaha, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1984No. 83-1978PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Steve Rollins, by and through his mother and next friend, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976 & Supp. V 1981) and the Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments alleging that on or about December 10, 1979, John Farmer, a police officer with the City of Omaha, Nebraska, entered Rollins’s home without a warrant or the consent of any occupant and arrested Rollins. After several hours of detention, Rollins was released; no criminal charges were brought against him.
Rollins brought suit against “John R. Farmer and the City of Omaha.” Farmer filed an answer to the…
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