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MARTIN v. HANCOCK

No. Civ. 4-76-584.

466 F.Supp. 454 (1979)

Joe O. MARTIN, Plaintiff, v. Allan HANCOCK, Tommy Ellingson and John Brodin, Individually and as employees of the Minneapolis Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

March 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Ranum, Doyle & Ranum, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff.

Robert J. Alfton, City Atty., Edward R. Kenneally, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, a young white male, brought this § 1983 civil rights action against three Minneapolis police officers, alleging an illegal arrest, unreasonable force in making the arrest, unreasonable force in detaining plaintiff after arrest, and failure to keep a police dog under reasonable control. The jury found that the arrest was legal and based on probable cause and that the force used in arresting and detaining...

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