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CARPENTER v. DIZIO

Civ. A. No. 79-91.

506 F.Supp. 1117 (1981)

Theodore CARPENTER v. Officer John DIZIO, Officer Joseph Flite, Officer Joseph Feeney, Officer Sidney Landis, Officer Ernest Allmond, Officer John Monaghan, Officer Terrence Mulvihill and the City of Philadelphia.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Fellheimer, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

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

MEMORANDUM

BECHTLE, District Judge.

This case arose from an incident which took place on January 27, 1977. The plaintiff, Theodore Carpenter ("Carpenter"), was walking alone in the vicinity of 13th and Cuthbert Streets in Philadelphia at approximately 8:30 p.m. when he was approached by a person who appeared to him to be a "bum." While pushing Carpenter, the "bum" demanded money from him. Thinking that he was about to be mugged, Carpenter struck the person...

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