Legal Opinion
Mlodzinski v. Lewis
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided July 16, 2010No. Civil 08-cv-289-JLPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOSEPH N. LAPLANTE, District Judge.
This case raises questions about the scope of law enforcement officers’ authority to detain the occupants of a premises while executing valid search and arrest warrants there. Plaintiffs Thomas Mlodzinski, his wife Tina Mlodzinski, and their daughter, Jessica, have sued a number of officers who took part in executing warrants for the arrest of Tina’s then-17 year-old son, Michael Rothman, for allegedly beating another man with a nightstick, and for the search of the Mlodzinskis’ home for that nightstick. The Mlodzinskis say that, while executing the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
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