Legal Opinion
Mendonca v. City of Providence
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 15, 2016No. C.A. No. 12-850-SPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WILLIAM E. SMITH, Chief Judge.
This case arises out of the 2009 arrest of Plaintiff Luis Mendonca, during which he was struck by a Providence Police officer, leaving him in a coma. Now before the Court are two motions for summary judgment: the Rhode Island School of Design’s (“RISD”) Motion for Summary Judgment as to all claims asserted against it and its public safety officers Justin Wall and William LaPierre (ECF No. 35), and the City of Providence’s (the “City”) and Providence Police Officers’ (“PPD Defendants”) Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 34). For the…
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