Legal Opinion
Ford v. Burke
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided January 6, 1982No. 79-CV-721PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION
MUNSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Ralph Ford has brought this action under the guise of 42 U.S.G. § 1983, requesting that this Court determine the constitutional legitimacy of his arrest on September 2, 1977. Despite some reservation occasioned by this Court’s prior experiences with Mr. Ford’s constitutional challenges, an Order was issued on October 12, 1979 allowing the plaintiff to proceed in forma pauperis, which then resulted in a hearing before this Court on the 2nd and 3rd of December, 1980, Albany, New York.
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