Townsel v. Jamerson

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Virginia M. Kendall, U.S. District Court Judge .

On November 15 2015, Plaintiff Shawn Townsel initiated this Bivens action against Defendants, U.S. Postal Service employee Ellen Spaulding and Postal Inspectors Jason Jamerson and Mark Mas-kas,1 for violations of Plaintiffs Fourth Amendment rights. Townsel alleges that the Defendants used excessive force (Count I), conducted an unreasonable search and seizure (Counts I and III), and falsely detained him (Count II) during the course of their investigation into claims that he improperly possessed a firearm on Postal…