Legal Opinion
Heine v. Connelly
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 1, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-181 LONPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LONGOBARDI, District Judge.
Plaintiff Robert C. Heine has sued twenty-seven officials of the State of Delaware for contributing to his allegedly unlawful arrest and subsequent sexual assault by a prisoner trustee. Heine seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the pendent state law doctrines of false arrest, false imprisonment, gross negligence and negligence. Six defendants — the two arresting officers and four of their supervisors— have moved for summary judgment in their individual capacities. They maintain that Heine’s arrest and subsequent detention resulted from a valid…
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