District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania February 22, 2010, Civil Action 07-111 (Jackson v. City of Pittsburgh)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NORA BARRY FISCHER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This is a civil rights case arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which Plaintiff, Charles Jackson (“Plaintiff’), claims that Defendants, the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and five of its police officers, Timothy Kreger (“Kreger”), Erie Holmes (“Holmes”), Mark Goob (“Goob”), James Joyce (“Joyce”), and Gregory Woodhall (“Wood-

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