Brown v. Stewart

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CINDRICH, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action based on mistaken identity that led to plaintiffs’ arrest and to one plaintiffs extended detention. William A. Brown and Irene S. Kuzak were arrested on May 6, 1993 by defendants Beverly Stewart (“Stewart”), a City of Pittsburgh Police Officer; and Paul Holeczy, Robert Coceo, and Stanley Holland, Deputy Marshals of the United States Marshals Service (“Federal Defendants”) (also referred to collectively as “the arresting defendants”). Brown was detained in the Allegheny County Jail almost two months and allegedly…