Legal Opinion

Phillips v. City of Methuen

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided October 11, 2011No. Civil Action 11-10171-JLTPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This action stems from Plaintiff Larry Phillips’s claim against the City of Methuen and a number of individual police officers employed by the City of Methuen regarding alleged violations of Plaintiffs state and federal constitutional rights. Presently at issue are the Supervisory Defendants’ 1 Motion to Dismiss [# 16], the Patrol Defendants’ 2 Motion to Dismiss [# 24] and Defendant City of Methuen’s Motion to Dismiss [# 20]. For the following reasons, the Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss [# 16, # 24, # 20] are ALLOWED as to Plaintiffs federal…

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