Legal Opinion
Holland v. City of Portland
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 6, 1996No. 96-1226PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Rory Holland sued the City of Portland, Maine, and two Portland police officers, Sullivan Rizzo and Bruce Coffin, for damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Maine tort law for Holland’s allegedly wrongful false arrest and detention. Following discovery, the district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on all of Holland’s claims. Holland appeals from the court’s judgment dismissing his section 1983, but not his state law, claim.
The facts, taken most favorably to Holland, are as follows. At about 1:20 p.m. on October 18, 1994,…
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