Miller v. Kupchunos

RULING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT AND DEFENDANT KUPCHUNOS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MARGOLIS, United States Magistrate Judge.

On July 8, 1999, plaintiff Jonathan Miller filed an amended four-count complaint against defendants High Sheriff Walter J. Kupchunos, Jr. and Special Deputy Sheriff Nelson Viera, Jr. (Dkt.# 20). Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, plaintiff alleges that defendants violated his civil rights when the Sheriffs Department failed to return plaintiffs personal property, which had been placed in the Department’s custody, after plaintiffs release from “lockup”…