Legal Opinion
Hill v. Williamsport Police Dept.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 16, 2003No. 01-4530PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth Hill contends on appeal that the District Court abused its discretion when it refused to grant him a default judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the Williamsport Police Department, and Officer Michael Hoover. Because we must follow our Court’s precedent in Chamberlain v. Giampapa, 210 F.3d 154, 164 (3d Cir.2000), and because Hill has not shown that the District Court abused its discretion in following Chamberlain’s three-part test, we affirm.
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On March 16, 1998, a Williamsport police officer arrested Hill…
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