Schindelar v. Michaud

SETH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant instituted this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to recover damages from appellees who are peace officers for assault and battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution, all in violation of appellant’s fifth and fourteenth amendment rights. The trial judge ruled that the appellees in arresting the appellant had acted legally and submitted to the jury the question of whether unreasonable force was used in effecting the arrest. The jury decided that there had not been any unreasonable exercise of force.

The plaintiff-appellant has brought this…