Legal Opinion
Raiche v. Pietroski
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 25, 2010No. 09-1910PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Officer Jamie Pietroski suffered a late-night lapse in judgment and forcibly removed a compliant Matthew Raiche from his stopped motorcycle in order to arrest Raiche for, ironically, failure to stop. A jury saw the irony and, after a trial on a number of related civil rights claims, awarded Raiche damages for injuries sustained as a result of Pietroski’s use of excessive force. Pietroski filed post-trial motions (1) for judgment as a matter of law on the ground that he was entitled to qualified immunity because he had acted reasonably, and (2) for a new trial on the…
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