Pelkoffer v. Deer

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEWIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs sue defendants Ronald J. Deer, Robert Olszewski, and the Borough of Bellevue (hereinafter “Bellevue”), alleging federal claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and pendent state claims for conversion, assault, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, defamation and negligence. Plaintiffs sue Deer individually and in his official capacity as the elected constable of Bellevue.

Plaintiffs aver that on April 6, 1989 Deer and Olszewski approached the plaintiffs as they were entering their automobile, identified themselves as…