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FINNEGAN v. FOUNTAIN

No. 89-7832.

915 F.2d 817 (1990)

Patricia FINNEGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard FOUNTAIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur V. Graseck, Jr., Port Washington, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant.

Caroline Levy (E. Thomas Boyle, Suffolk County Atty., Dennis E. Milton, Chief Deputy County Atty., of counsel), Hauppage, N.Y., for defendant-appellee.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, WINTER, Circuit Judge, and MUKASEY, District Judge.

OAKES, Chief Judge:

Patricia Finnegan appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jacob Mishler, Judge, entered on August 21, 1989, dismissing her civil rights action against police officer Richard Fountain for the use of excessive force while placing her under arrest. The primary issue on this appeal is whether the jury's finding that Fountain acted in good faith when arresting Finnegan is consistent with its...

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