Thompson v. Heither

SIMONS, Chief Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the state court of a felony on December 7, 1950. Nearly four years thereafter, namely on complaint in the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under the *177Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq., claiming damages in fantastic amounts against the judge before whom the case was tried to the jury, the prosecuting attorney and his chief assistant, a former police commissioner, and others, for false arrest, malicious prosecution and a conspiracy among the several defendants in bringing about his arrest and prosecution. He also…