Lopes v. Farmer

This matter involves a case for malicious prosecution brought by the plaintiff, Y’Isiah Lopes, against three defendants, Shawn Farmer, Melissa Lucas 1 and Kristy Tryjada. 2 At the time of the alleged incident giving rise to these proceedings, the plaintiff was a substitute teacher at Stratford High School (high school), Farmer and Lucas were police officers with the Stratford Police Department, and Tryjada was a student at the high school. From the documentation attached to the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the court gleans the following facts, which are largely undisputed by the…