Legal Opinion
Vazquez v. Rossnagle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 16, 2001No. 2:00-cv-00283PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
I. Introduction
On January 14, 2000, the plaintiff, Raymond Vazquez, instituted a two-count complaint seeking monetary damages for violation of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and for false arrest and false imprisonment under state law. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges that he was wrongfully arrested and detained by the defendant, Officer Frank Rossnagle, on May 5, 1999 for allegedly participating in a shootout in the City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. More specifically, Vazquez’s complaint alleges that the defendant did not have…
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