Jordan Patterson Post v. Chaffee

ORDER

ROGERS, District Judge.

On June 27 and 28, 1979, a group of officers from the Shawnee County Sheriffs Department and the City of Topeka Police Department as well as officers from other law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant on the Jordan Patterson American Legion Post No. 319. This raid has spawned a number of lawsuits, both in state court and in this court. The above-mentioned cases, which have been consolidated for trial, are presently before the court on the motion of defendants Fred Howard and Shelly Dugan to stay these proceedings until the state court cases in which they…