Raymond Lee McKinney v. Velma George

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1984-04-17

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff, Raymond McKinney, brought suit under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , against a number of defendants, mainly police officers, who he alleges arrested him twice and committed him to a mental hospital without a good reason, in vi…

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