Legal Opinion
Joe Baltas v. Jason Soto
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 19, 2026No. 3:23-cv-00930Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT JOE BALTAS, Plaintiff. v. No. 3:23-cv-00930 (VAB) JASON SOTO, Defendant. RULING AND ORDER ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION In this civil rights action, Joe Baltas (“Plaintiff”), a sentenced state prisoner appearing without counsel, alleges that Connecticut State Police Trooper Jason Soto (“Defendant” or “Trooper Soto”) violated his constitutional and state-law rights when investigating a September 12, 2019, incident at the Hartford Correctional Center (“HCC”). After initial review, the Court permitted claims for false arrest, malicious…
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