Legal Opinion
Taravella v. Town of Wolcott
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 16, 2010No. Docket 08-2529-cvPublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge STRAUB dissents with a separate opinion.
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Defendant Thomas Dunn, mayor of the Town of Wolcott, appeals from the denial of his motion for qualified immunity by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Droney, /.). When Dunn became mayor, he terminated the employment of plaintiff Denise Taravella, who had been the director of the town’s senior center. Taravella sued Dunn, Town Municipal Agent Douglas Coley, and the Town itself, alleging a variety of federal constitutional and state law violations. The defendants moved for summary judgment…
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