Legal Opinion
Saunders v. Flanagan
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 3, 1999No. 3:98CV2333(CFD)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
DRONEY, District Judge.
Introduction
The plaintiff filed this civil rights action pro se and in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. He is incarcerated at the State of Connecticut Correctional Center in New Haven, Connecticut, awaiting trial on a state charge of murder. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants caused him to be arrested without probable cause, destroyed physical evidence, and delayed his criminal prosecution in violation of the United States Constitution.
Pending are motions to dismiss and for protective orders filed by defendants Flanagan,…
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