Legal Opinion

Hancock v. Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided October 19, 1982No. Civ. A. 82-60241PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOINER, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the defendants William F. Delhey and Lynwood E. Noah’s motion to dismiss. The individual defendants are the Prosecuting Attorney and the Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County.

This is an action for deprivation of civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1988 and the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff was prosecuted for murder after stabbing Tony Lorenzo Alexander, causing his death. The plaintiff at all times claimed that the victim had attempted to steal his van and that the death…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Hampton v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
  3. Thomas A. Guerro v. Roger F. Mulhearn, Ralph F. Andrews v. Kathy Decote YoungCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
  4. John Madison and Kim Madison v. E. Wilson Purdy and Richard E. GersteinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. People v. WhittyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. In Re Scott County Master DocketDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1987
  2. Revene v. Charles County CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
  3. Buchanan v. City of KenoshaDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1999
  4. Revene v. Charles County CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
  5. Wetzel v. St. Tammany Parish JailDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2009

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