Before BEAM, LOKEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. BEAM, Circuit Judge. Johnny Lee Wilson appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which seeks damages from the defendants for wrongfully arresting and incarcerating Wilson in violation ...
On October 9, 1978, petitioner-appellant Curtis Lee Thompson ("Thompson") was convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The court withheld sentence and placed him on probation for a period of three years requiring him to serve six months in Wisconsin County jai...
The district court dismissed Lynch's claims against the City and the judges pursuant to Rule 12(b) (6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Lynch then engaged in discovery with the two officers. Officers Anderson and Albro moved for summary judgment. They contended, inter alia, that ...
Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, MATTHES and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges. MATTHES, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff has appealed from an adverse judgment entered upon a jury verdict, in a wrongful death action. Jurisdiction is established by diversity of citizenship and the requisite amount in controversy. Tommy Lee Wrigh...
Before FAGG, HEANEY, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. Around midnight on April 28, 1997, a county police officer was dispatched to the site of a single car accident in rural Arkansas. When the officer arrived, Gary Lee Smith was standing beside his car, which was partially in a...
Before MERRILL, BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge. Appellant, John Lee Gabriel, and one Frank V. Esposito were indicted for receiving, concealing, selling, and facilitating the transportation, concealment, and sale of 2,020 grams of marihuana, in violation of 21 U....
Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges. HEANEY, Circuit Judge. The Sheriff of Pulaski County, Arkansas, appeals from an injunction which prohibits him from discharging certain deputies unless such actions comply with administrative procedures required under a county ordinance. We...