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MASTRACCHIO v. RICCI

No. 74-1045.

498 F.2d 1257 (1974)

Gerald MASTRACCHIO, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Lieutenant Angelo RICCI and Providence Police Department, Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Mastracchio on brief pro se.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages against the Providence, Rhode Island Police Department and against a then Sergeant Ricci, a member of that department, based upon the allegation that defendant Ricci committed perjury during the state court trial in which plaintiff was convicted of murder. Because plaintiff's appeal of his conviction to the Rhode Island Supreme Court...

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