Tonina v. Berlin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT THERESA TONINA, No. 3:19-cv-00970 (MPS) Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH FERRARO, TAX ASSESSOR FOR BERLIN, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, Defendant RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS Plaintiff Theresa Tonina has sued Joseph Ferraro, the tax assessor of the Town of Berlin, Connecticut, under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, seeking damages based on her claim that the Town’s tax assessments against her real and personal property violated her constitutional rights. Ferraro has moved to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), arguing that (1) Tonina’s claim is…