Legal Opinion
Crete v. City of Lowell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 11, 2005No. 04-1891, 04-1899PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Two issues are presented by this case, raising claims of negligent hiring by a city. The first is whether the district court was correct in entering summary judgment against plaintiff Eric Crete’s federal civil rights claim, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that the City of Lowell was deliberately indifferent to Crete’s rights when it hired Officer Steve Ciavola in the fall of 1995. Crete says Ciavola used excessive force when he arrested Crete in March of 1999.
The second question, under Massachusetts law, is whether the City’s hiring of Ciavola is within the discretionary…
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