Legal Opinion
Philip D. Myers v. Clyde Harold Bull
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1979No. 79-1028PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Per curiam
Philip D. Myers appeals from the district court order dismissing his civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm.
Appellant, who is presently incarcerated in the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, was convicted of robbery in Missouri state court in 1974 and sentenced .to twenty-five years imprisonment. On November 14, 1977 he filed a civil rights lawsuit (No. 77-1026-0(3)) against Clyde H. Bull, a former Maplewood, Missouri police officer. Appellant alleged that Bull had given false testimony at his criminal trial and at a pretrial motion to suppress. The…
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