Legal Opinion

Edward Root, Jr. v. Timothy Liston, Docket No. 05-2004-Cv

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 6, 2006No. 127PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

Edward Root appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Hall, /.), dismissing on summary judgment his § 1983 complaint — alleging fraud, unreasonable seizure, and the setting of unreasonable bond — against Timothy Liston, the Connecticut State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Middlesex. See Root v. Liston, 363 F.Supp.2d 190 (D.Conn.2005). Root was in police custody for a series of vehicle offenses, with $1000 bond set by a judge, when Liston learned that Root may have committed the more serious offense of…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Walczyk v. RioCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
  2. Bobrowsky v. Yonkers CourthouseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011
  3. Turner v. BoyleDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2015
  4. Mandola v. County of NassauDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2016
  5. Gross v. RellDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2007

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