HALEY v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. 10-2064.

657 F.3d 39 (2011)

James HALEY (pending transfer to the Estate of James Haley), Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gayle Horn , with whom Arthur Loevy , Jon Loevy , Loevy & Loevy, James Sultan , and Rankin & Sultan were on brief, for appellant.

Hugh R. Curran , with whom Bletzer & Bletzer, P.C. was on brief, for appellees.

Before THOMPSON, SELYA and DYK, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

After the discovery of previously undisclosed evidence resulted in the vacation of his murder conviction and his release from more than three decades of incarceration, James Haley brought suit to recover damages from those he deemed responsible for his plight. The defendants—the City of Boston (the City) and the two detectives who had spearheaded the investigation of the crime—moved to dismiss.1 The...

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