Legal Opinion
LaFrenier v. Kinirey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 2008No. 07-1644PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Timothy LaFrenier appeals from the entry of summary judgment on his civil rights claims against the Town of Townsend, Massachusetts and two police officers. The appeal raises again the familiar but erroneous claim that summary judgment may be defeated on an argument of mere disbelief of the moving party’s evidence.
The claims arose from events midday on June 15, 2001 when Townsend police found LaFrenier sitting in his car, pulled over by the side of the road. He was admittedly disoriented, confused, unresponsive, and uncooperative. It turned out the cause of this was that…
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