Legal Opinion
Robert A. Gaudreault v. Municipality of Salem, Massachusetts
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 19, 1990No. 90-1501PublishedCited by 456 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal concerns an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In April 1985 Gaudreault was arrested by the police in Salem, Massachusetts after an altercation at a bar. Gaudreault alleged that the four Salem police officers who arrested him (ap-pellees Lynch, Raymond, Tucker and Felix) violated his constitutional rights by using excessive force in making the arrest. He claimed that he later suffered an assault in the Salem police station at the hands of a fifth, unidentified officer. The alleged attacker has never been made a party to this suit. Gaudreault also charged that the arresting…
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