Legal Opinion
Juan A. Gonzalez, Administrator on Behalf of the Estate of Efrain Gonzales, Deceased v. John Doe, Officer of the Hartford Police Force
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 15, 1973No. 318, Docket 72-1508PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Juan A. Gonzalez, administrator of the estate of his deceased brother Efrain, brought an action in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut seeking damages against a then unknown Hartford police officer, other named supervisory police officials of the City of Hartford, the former City Manager, and the City itself, for the alleged homicide of Efrain and the deprivation of his civil rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 The police officer, originally designated John Doe, is now claimed to be Thomas Ganley. 2
The district court, acting upon a…
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