Legal Opinion
Lewis v. City of Boston
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 3, 1993No. Civ. A. 91-10093-TPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, Chief Judge.
This civil rights action arises out of the arrest and eight-day detention of plaintiff, Richard D. Lewis. Presently before the court are plaintiffs motion to amend his complaint and dispositive motions filed by defendants.
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BACKGROUND
In the early-morning hours of January 12, 1988, Boston Police Officers Patrick Butler and Paul Donovan received a call over then-radio that an individual suspected of illegally possessing a handgun had been observed fleeing on foot from Washington Street toward Tremont Street. The suspect was described as a black male, approximately…
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