Legal Opinion
Potts v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 29, 2002No. 01 CV 3247PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
On June 28, 2001, plaintiff, Robert Potts ( “plaintiff’ or “Potts”), instituted this action against the City of Philadelphia, former Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney, and numerous police officers, both known and unknown (collectively, “defendants”), asserting multiple claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of his rights under the Second, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Anendments of the United States Constitution, and for various related state law claims. Potts’ claims stem from his arrest on November 18, 1999 by Philadelphia…
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