Averitt v. Cloon

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant James Averitt (“plaintiff”) initiated this action which charged the defendants with constitutional infringements and violation of his civil rights arising pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986, and 2000e-1 et seq. Federal jurisdiction was predicated upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343.

Plaintiff had been a police officer for the City of Ironwood, Michigan from June, 1976 through April 1979, at which time he was laid-off for economic reasons. On January 23, 1981, the plaintiff entered pleas of guilty to unlawfully driving away an auto*197mobile pursuant…