Legal Opinion
Delores Marie Swekel v. City of River Rouge, Gregory Harrington, William Abair, Johnson Taylor, William Cooper, and David Israel
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1996No. 95-2031PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J., joined by Cole, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 1264-65), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Delores Swekel, appeals the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of her suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that Defendants denied her access to the courts. Because Swekel failed to present evidence that the Defendants’ actions rendered a state court remedy ineffective, we now AFFIRM.
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On September 30, 1988, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Arnold F. Swekel attempted to cross a street in River Rouge, Michigan. While crossing the street, either one or two cars speeding down the…
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