Levine v. Town of West Hartford Police Department

RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

CLARIE, Chief Judge.

The defendants have moved to dismiss the plaintiff’s claim of impropriety and conflict of interest on the part of municipal police officials in this civil rights action commenced under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They claim that even if the plaintiff proves that they violated the Town of West Hartford Personnel Regulations when hiring five police officers, this transgression does not rise to a level of constitutional significance sufficient to invoke the civil rights protections of § 1983. The plaintiff argues that when the defendant Town…