Unger v. Hacker

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff John J. Unger filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint alleges, inter alia, that several members of the Whitehall Township Police Department, together with a private citizen and resident of the township, violated plaintiff’s civil rights by unlawfully detaining, physically abusing and arresting him without probable cause.

Defendant Frank T. Hacker has moved for dismissal on the grounds that his status as a private citizen precludes any liability on his part as to the plaintiff’s civil rights claim. Specifically, he…