John Dewitt McDowell v. R.R. Rogers, D.E. Ross, and R.L. Martin

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1988-12-27

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DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff John McDowell sued three Memphis police officers in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Mr. McDowell’s complaint, which he filed pro se, alleged in essence that the defendant officers had deprived him of unspecified constitutional rights by the unnecessary use of “brutal force”…

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