Legal Opinion
Muschette ex rel. A.M. v. Gionfriddo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 2018No. 17-3817-cv; August Term 2018PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dennis Jacobs, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-Appellant Paul Gionfriddo, a police officer in the town of West Hartford, appeals from the denial of his motion for qualified immunity in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Eginton, J. ). A.M. alleges that his Fourth Amendment right to be free from excessive force was violated when he was tased by Officer Gionfriddo following an incident at his school, the American School for the Deaf, in West Hartford, Connecticut. Officer Gionfriddo argues that he reasonably believed that the use of the taser was necessary to subdue A.M.,…
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