Free Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:00-cv-01026-SRU Document 89 Filed O4/14/2004 Page 1 of 1
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ANTHONY ANAMASI, 1 `
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LANCE COUGHLIN ;
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In light ofthe jury verdict in favor of defendant Coughlin and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. I
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50(a)( 1), the claims against the Town of East Haven are hereby dismissed, In claims against
both an individual police officer and his municipal employer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Monell
v. Department of Social Servs., 436 U.S. 658 (1978), absent a finding of qualified immunity, a
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jury determination that the officer did not violate the plaintiffs constitutional rights "obviate[s]
the necessity of a trial" against the municipality. Daniels v. Loizzo, 178 F.R.D. 46, 48 (S.D.N.Y.
1998).
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It is so ordered.
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Dated this/_'?2'•day of April, 2004, at Bridgeport, Connecticut. \
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Stefan R. Underhill
United States District Judge
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