Legal Opinion
Ringuette v. City of Fall River
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 5, 1998No. 18-1678PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Roger Ringuette brought this action in the district court against the City of Fall River and several police officers for medical injuries that he suffered, through inattention by the police, while he was in police custody. He recovered a judgment against the city for negligence, but the district court dismissed on qualified immunity grounds a “Fourth Amendment” claim against two police officers.
Save in one significant respect, the background facts pertinent to the appeal are undisputed. On July 27, 1992, at about 7 p.m., police in Fall River, Massachusetts, responded to…
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