Trafford v. Penno

OPINION

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Chief Judge.

This case presents the tale of a disgruntled developer, seeking an unknown quantity in damages for a short delay in preapplication approval of a subdivision plan by the Coventry Planning Commission (“Commission”). Plaintiff, John T. Trafford, claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 a denial of his rights under the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment, resulting from an alleged conspiracy to deny Plaintiff a fair hearing before the Commission between Defendant Benjamin Penno, the Chairman of the Commission, and Defendants John Assalone, Jr. and…