Schafer v. City of Defiance Police Department

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

In March of 2006, plaintiffs Mark Schafer and his two minor children filed a complaint against the City of Defiance Police Department (DPD), DPD officer John Williamson, unidentified DPD officers, and the Defiance County Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS) (collectively referred to as the defendants), alleging various civil rights violations, as well as unspecified violations of federal and state law. The district court eventually dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims for failure to prosecute, and the plaintiffs now appeal. For the reasons set forth…