Legal Opinion
Russo v. City of Bridgeport
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 27, 2007No. Docket No. 05-4302-cvPublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
In a case of mistaken identity, Plaintiff-Appellant Christopher Russo (“Russo”) was arrested and imprisoned for the armed robbery of an Amoco service station and convenience store in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Two hundred and seventeen days after his arrest — and one day after the prosecutor viewed, for the first time, Amoco’s videotape of the crime — the state requested a nolle prosequi, and the charges against Russo were dismissed.
Russo brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“ § 1983”), against the City of Bridgeport (“the City”) and four city police…
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