Legal Opinion
Raymond Lee McKinney v. Velma George
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 1984No. 83-1393PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Raymond McKinney, brought suit under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against a number of defendants, mainly police officers, who he alleges arrested him twice and committed him to a mental hospital without a good reason, in violation of his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants and dismissed the complaint, 556 F.Supp. 645, and the plaintiff has appealed.
The complaint alleges that the arrests and commitments were instigated by Velma George, a Democratic precinct…
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