Legal Opinion
Callis v. Sellars
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 27, 1996No. Civil Action H-94-4391PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ATLAS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Mary Callis (“Callis”) has filed this suit against Houston Police Officers Michael K. Sellars (“Sellars”), Martin Fite (“Fite”) and L.L. Shoemaker (“Shoemaker”), Houston Police Chief, Sam Nuchia (“Nuc-hia”), and the City of Houston (“City”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of her Fourteenth Amendment rights and pendent state law tort claims. Callis allegedly was raped by Sellars in December 1992, sexually harassed thereafter, and sexually assaulted by him in March 1993 during a police “sting” set up to secure Sellars’…
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