DeVASTO v. FAHERTY

No. 80-1598.

658 F.2d 859 (1981)

Alice DeVASTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert FAHERTY, Patrick Rose and David Johnstone, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Kobrick, Cambridge, Mass., with whom John Reinstein, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven P. Perlmutter, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Boston, Mass., with whom John Giuliani, Jr., Charlestown, Mass., was on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, MAZZONE, District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff Alice DeVasto from a jury verdict in favor of defendants in a § 1983 civil rights action. Plaintiff sought damages from two officers of the Boston Penal Department, Patrick Rose and David Johnstone, and a sergeant in the Boston Police Department, Robert Faherty, for an alleged illegal forcible entry and search of her home and for an unlawful assault on her by defendant Faherty. In addition to the usual appeal...

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