Legal Opinion
Richer v. Parmelee
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 4, 2019No. C. A. No. 15-162-M-PASPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN J. MCCONNELL, JR., United States District Judge
Jason Richer filed suit after North Smithfield Police, responding to a well check request made by his then-wife, confiscated three guns from his home and refused to return them to him. He filed a partial Motion for Summary Judgment a few years ago and this Court granted his motion on his Count IV due process claim, finding that the Town's refusal to return his guns for six and a half years "violated [his] constitutionally protected procedural due process rights." Richer v. Parmelee , 189 F. Supp. 3d 334, 336 (D.R.I. 2016) ( Richer I ). The…
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