Margaret Cowan, Administratrix of the Estate of Victoria Cooper v. Michael Breen, Town of North Branford, Consolidated-Defendant-Appellant

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Michael Breen, a police officer in the Town of North Bran-ford, and the Town of North Branford (the “Town”) appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Dominic J. Squatrito, J.), adopting the Recommended Ruling of United States Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith and denying defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff-appellee Margaret Cowan, administrator of the estate of Victoria Cooper, sued Breen and the Town pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Breen used excessive force in fatally…