DELGADO v. PAWTUCKET POLICE DEPT.

No. 11-1026.

668 F.3d 42 (2012)

Dulce DELGADO, as Administrator of The Estate of Jason C. Goncalves; Rosa Berroa, as Mother and Next Friend of J.X.G. and J.B., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PAWTUCKET POLICE DEPARTMENT; City of Pawtucket, by and through its Finance Director Ronald Wunschel; Richard LaForest, in his individual capacity and official capacity; Christopher R. Lombardi, in his individual capacity and official capacity; George L. Kelley, in his official capacity, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Sowa , with whom Michael J. Jacobs and LaPlante Sowa Goldman were on brief, for appellants.

Marc DeSisto , with whom DeSisto Law was on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, HOWARD and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

This is a state law tort action over which the district court retained supplemental jurisdiction after dismissing the plaintiffs' federal claims. The matter went to trial, but at the close of the plaintiffs' case in chief, the district court granted a defense motion for judgment as a matter of law. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a)(1). The plaintiffs appeal, protesting the court's exercise of supplemental...

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