Legal Opinion
Melvin Wade v. Oscar Byles and T Force Security, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1996No. 95-2322PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Melvin Wade filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants Oscar Byles, a private security guard, and his employer, T Force Security, Inc. (“T Force”), alleging that Byles used excessive force on Wade in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The defendants moved for summary judgment, asserting that they were not state actors within the meaning of § 1983. The district court granted the motion for summary judgment and dismissed the § 1983 claim along with the plaintiffs pendent state law claims. On plaintiffs appeal, we…
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