Butler v. Crumlish

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs were arrested on a number of charges, including rape, and are in custody in the Philadelphia Detention Center for want of bail. The police have ordered them brought into a so-called “line-up” or “stand-up” 1 2at the Detention Center 2 for possible identification by victims of similar crimes. Plaintiffs have brought this suit under the Civil Rights Acts (42 U.S.C. § 1983; 28 U.S.C. § 1343) to enjoin the police from placing them in a “line-up”, on the claim of infringement of their constitutional rights.

The matter is before me on the plaintiffs’ application…