Legal Opinion
Ahmad v. Burke
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-327PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
This civil rights action is before me on a motion filed by several of the defendants seeking either dismissal of the complaint or an entry of summary judgment. Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b), 56. I have concluded that, as to certain defendants, the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution bars this lawsuit and that, as to the remaining defendants, summary judgment may not properly be entered at this time.
The complaint filed by plaintiff, Hajji A. R. Ahmad, alleges the following facts: Upon his conviction in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in January, 1975, Ahmad was…
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