Legal Opinion
Brockway v. Shepherd
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 4, 1996No. 4:CV-96-1220PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
McCLURE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND:
On July 1, 1996, plaintiff Louis Broekway initiated this action by filing a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Broekway alleges that he was arrested and prosecuted without probable cause by defendant Kimberly Milazzo, a police officer employed by the Courtdale (Luzerne County, Pennsylvania) Police Department. The arrest was for disorderly conduct after Broekway made an obscene gesture at Milazzo.
Before the court is a motion by Milazzo to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).
Also named as a defendant is Jim R. Shepherd, a police officer…
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