Kansas City, Mo. ? A man is suing Kansas City police, seeking more than $50 million on allegations that officers framed him for a burglary that eventually resulted in his imprisonment.

Oren Gamble, 46, was released from prison in 2001 when a Jackson County judge overturned the conviction after Gamble claimed police arrested him for robbing a store, knowing that another man had committed the crime.

In the recent lawsuit against four former officers and the Kansas City Board of Police, Gamble and his wife claim the police violated his civil rights and falsely imprisoned him. The lawsuit, filed in Jackson County, seeks unspecified actual damages and $50 million in punitive damages.

He had become a police informant in 1984, providing the names of thieves but refusing to testify in court.