Gerould v. Meijer, Inc.

946 F.2d 894, 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 29043, 1991 WL 207542

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Decided: October 16, 1991
• Docket: 91-1186
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

946 F.2d 894

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Rodney GEROULD, Individually and as Next Friend of Jamie
Marie Gerould, Jessie Allen Gerould, Deborah Gerould, Jamie
Marie Gerould, Rodney Gerould, Individually and as Next
Friend of, Jessie Allen Gerould, Rodney Gerould,
Individually and as Next Friend of, Deborah Gerould, Rodney
Gerould, Individually and as Next Friend of, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
MEIJER, INC., a Michigan Corporation, Mark Allan Devries,
Kirk Allen Staley, John Goodwin, Robert Nelson, and Unknown
Officers of the Meridian Township Police Department, Charter
Township of Meridian, Defendants-Appellees,
Robert G. Dutcher, Peter DePrekel, Russell M. Wolff, Scott
Straton, Defendants.

No. 91-1186.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Oct. 16, 1991.

Before KENNEDY and DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant-Gerould appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees Meijer Inc. and Robert Nelson, and the dismissal of his claims against both appellees for the deprivation of constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Gerould also appeals the district court's denial of his motion to amend his complaint to add a section 1983 claim against the Township of Meridian.

Having carefully considered the record on appeal and the briefs of the parties, we are unable to say that the district court erred in granting summary judgment for the appellees nor in denying the motion to amend.

As the issuance of a written opinion by this court would be duplicative and serve no useful purpose, in view of the district court having articulated the reasons why summary judgment was properly entered for appellees, the district court's decision is AFFIRMED upon the reasoning set out in its decision of January 2, 1991.