Finch v. City of Indianapolis

Order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment

DEBRA McVICKER LYNCH, United States Magistrate Judge.

Introduction

Plaintiffs Joseph W. Finch, David E. Hensley, and Peter W. Mungovan are police officers employed by the Indianapolis Police Department (“IPD”) and later, its successor, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (“IMPD”). IMPD was created to consolidate the operations of IPD and the Marion County Sheriffs Department. In 2006, and just prior to the actual merging of substantially all the operations of IPD and the Sheriffs Department, IMPD promoted eleven police officers from…