Legal Opinion
Voccola v. Rooney
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 22, 2015No. CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:13-CV-01002 (VLB)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Vanessa L. Bryant, United States District Judge
Edward Voccola, a former Bridgeport firefighter who was fired from his position purportedly for pouring acid into his elderly neighbors’ water system, brings this civil rights action and supplemental state law claim against the City of Bridgeport (“municipal defendant”) and its Mayor, Fire Chief, and Deputy Fire Chief (collectively, “individual defendants”). Voccola alleges that: (1) the individual defendants violated his equal protection rights by firing him because he is…
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