Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Ruhl
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided April 6, 1984No. K 83-156PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action arising out of the arrest and detention of Plaintiff Pedro Lopez in 1982. Jurisdiction is premised on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. Plaintiffs cite the Fourteenth Amendment, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1988 as the substantive basis of their due process claims. (Complaint, ¶ 4). In this opinion the Court takes up Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, filed March 8, 1984.
Many of the material facts are not disputed. On July 24, 1982 Ronald Peach and Roy Lucas escaped from the Berrien County jail, where Plaintiff Pedro Lopez (“Lopez”)…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Suzanne Germany v. Carol Vance, Suzanne Germany v. Carol VanceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Paul D. Rymer v. Trooper H.A. Davis, City of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and Ben StillwellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Doe v. McFaulDistrict Court, D. Ohio · 1984
- Bartalone v. County of BerrienDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1986
- Carter v. HarrisonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1985
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