Legal Opinion
Delaney v. Dias
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 30, 1976No. CA 75-4584-T, 75-4600-TPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TAURO, District Judge.
These two cases have been brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for redress of deprivation of constitutional rights under color of state law. Plaintiffs in both cases claim that they were victims of undue force applied against them by defendant Boston police officers during arrests in September of 1975. Police Commissioner Robert J. di Grazia, although also named as a defendant in both complaints, is not alleged to have participated, or directly conspired, in the beatings described.
All defendants in CA 75-4584-T have moved to dismiss the complaint. Defendant di…
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