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SCHWEIKER v. GORDON

Civ. A. No. 77-2706.

442 F.Supp. 1134 (1977)

John SCHWEIKER v. Officer GORDON, Individually and as a police officer of the City of Philadelphia, John Doe, Individually and as a police officer of the City of Philadelphia, Joseph O'Neill, Individually and as Police Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia, the City of Philadelphia.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Bomstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Gerald T. Clark, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

This is a "police brutality" case. The plaintiff, John Schweiker, contends that on December 12, 1976, he was beaten by an unidentified police officer named Gordon and other policemen he can't name or identify ("John Doe(s)"). In this action, which is based on the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and Pennsylvania common law, he seeks damages against the policemen, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Joseph O'Neill, and the City of Philadelphia...

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