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FASSETT BY AND THROUGH FASSETT v. HAECKEL

No. 862, Docket 90-7775.

936 F.2d 118 (1991)

Charles FASSETT, a minor suing By and Through his mother and next friend Rita FASSETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles HAECKEL, individually and in his official capacity as an Officer in the Police Department of New Haven, Connecticut, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Echter, Deputy Corp. Counsel, New Haven, Conn., for defendant-appellant.

D. Kirt Westfall (Williams & Wise, of counsel), New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, CARDAMONE and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Charles Haeckel appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, Judge, entered after a jury trial, finding him liable for violations of appellee Charles Fassett's Fourth Amendment rights and granting Fassett's post-trial motion for $1 in nominal damages and for attorney's fees. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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