Rowley v. City of New Bedford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ___________________________________ ) JOYCE ROWLEY, ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION ) NO. 17-11809-WGY CITY OF NEW BEDFORD, ) MASSACHUSETTS, ) ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________) YOUNG, D.J. September 24, 2019 FINDINGS OF FACT, RULINGS OF LAW, AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT I. INTRODUCTION This is a case about elephants -– specifically, Asian elephants. Asian elephants . . . usually weigh[] well under eleven thousand pounds and st[an]d about seven to nine feet tall at the shoulder, as opposed to African elephants, who could…