Legal Opinion
Spak v. Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 22, 2017No. 15-3525-cvPublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Paul Spak appeals a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Jeffrey A. Meyer, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee Shane Phillips, an officer with the Plain-ville Police Department in Plainville, Connecticut. In 2010, Spak was arrested by Phillips and charged under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-155 with destroying evidence related to the alleged discharge of illegal fireworks. The prosecuting attorney subsequently dismissed those charges by entering a nolle prosequi. More than…
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