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COLEMAN v. DE MINICO

No. 83-1194.

730 F.2d 42 (1984)

David COLEMAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Roger DE MINICO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Avery, Boston, Mass., with whom Arthur L. Johnson, Jamaica Plain, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Arlene S. LaPenta, Boston, Mass., for appellees.

Before COFFIN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and GIGNOUX, Senior District Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff David Coleman appeals from a jury verdict for defendant police officers. Coleman brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his civil rights through the use of excessive force and as the result of an illegal arrest. As a result of a confrontation with the defendant police officers, Coleman suffered a compound, complex fracture of the front of his lower jaw, a lacerated lower lip, a lost lower incisor, several...

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