Legal Opinion
Cardoso v. City of Brockton
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 26, 2014No. Civil Action No. 13-10482PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STEARNS, District Judge.
Aristides Cardoso, proceeding pro se, filed this blunderbuss 82-page, 16-count Amended Complaint against the City of Brockton, its Mayor, its Chief of Police, and a patrol officer claiming that a municipal custom of “engaging] in a páttern or practice of subjecting Cape Verdeans and African Americans to excessive force, false charges or arrest, and improper searches and seizures” caused his false arrest by defendant Robert Grayson incident to a traffic stop on March 1, 2010.1 Compl. ¶ 1; PI. Mem. at 1-2. More…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Cardoso v. City of BrocktonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2015
- Hod v. The General Hospital CorporationDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2021