Legal Opinion
Johnston v. Town of Greece
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 12, 1997No. Nos. 95-CV-6408L, 96-CV-6398LPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
These civil actions arise out of plaintiff James Norman Johnston’s (“Johnston”) arrest and indictment on federal bank robbery charges in January 1994. The charges were dismissed approximately one year later, after Johnston had been detained for more than seven months.
Johnston first sued the Town of Greece, the Greece Police Department, and various individual employees of the Town pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that their participation in his arrest and detention violated his Constitutional rights. Johnston also asserted supplemental state claims…
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