Legal Opinion
Cotto v. City of Middletown
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 19, 2016No. 3:10-cv-560 (SRU)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING AND ORDER
Stefan R. Underhill, United States District Judge
The plaintiff, Alexander Cotto, brought a civil suit against the defendants, the City of Middletown and several of its police officers, asserting various federal and state claims related to their conduct during a traffic stop. (doc. 1) The matter proceeded to a jury trial against Lieutenant Richard Davis, Officer Lee Buller, Officer Daniel Schreiner, and Officer Jason Tetrault. After the close of Cotto’s case, the defendants made a Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law on certain counts. The jury found in favor of Cotto…
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