Miles Tefft v. James Seward, A/K/A Jessie Seward

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1982-10-01

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MERRITT, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Tefft was severely wounded in the course of a drug arrest on March 7, 1974. His complaint alleges that he was involved in an illegal drug transaction when the car in which he was sitting was surrounded by several plainclothed officers of the Drug Enforcement Agency. Observing that the men were heavily armed, Tefft concluded that he was being rob…

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