Waterman v. City of Taunton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) BRAD WATERMAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) No. 1:22-cv-10381-JEK CITY OF TAUNTON , JOSHUA ) DEOLIVEIRA, and ANDREW PACINO, ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT KOBICK, J. This case involves a series of encounters between plaintiff Brad Waterman and officers in the Taunton Police Department. Defendant Joshua DeOliveira, a Taunton police officer, responded to a call about a disturbance at a bar in Taunton, Massachusetts called Smitty’s Pub. Although the parties’ accounts of what happened at the…