Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Clemons
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided January 9, 1998No. CIV.A 96-405 MMSPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On August 7,1996, plaintiff Kurt Robinson filed a complaint against the City of Wilmington, the Mayor, the City Council members, and Officers Vincent Clemons and David Simmons, alleging various torts and violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 arising from an arrest of Robinson that occurred on July 19, 1994. The § 1983 claim was grounded in plaintiffs Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizure as well as plaintiffs rights under the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. The unreasonable seizure claim was grounded in two…
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