Ocasio v. Turner

OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL R. CHERRY, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings [DE 15], filed by Defendant Dale E. Turner on February 25, 2014. *844For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants in part and denies in part the Motion.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 30, 2013, Plaintiff Manuel Ocasio, Jr. filed a Complaint against Defendant Dale E. Turner, a Senior Trooper with the Indiana State Police, bringing claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for false imprisonment, excessive force, illegal search and seizure, and malicious…