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DEAN v. CITY OF WORCESTER

No. 90-1093.

924 F.2d 364 (1991)

Gerard DEAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF WORCESTER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Scott Nagel, Springfield, Mass., and John D. Egnal, Philadelphia, Pa., with whom Alan D. Sisitsky, Springfield, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Brian Rogal, Dedham, Mass., with whom Timothy M. Burke and Mark Newman, Needham, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellees Greaney and Murray.

Edward R. Joyal, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant, appellee Mattioli.

Elaine M. Lucas, Asst. City Sol., for defendants, appellees City of Worcester, Houlihan and Decelles.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

Mistakenly identified and arrested as an escaped felon who had threatened to shoot any officer who tried to return him to prison, plaintiff Gerard Dean brought the present civil action against the defendant police officers and the City of Worcester. Dean appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of all defendants. We affirm.

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The facts leading up to Dean's arrest are uncontroverted...

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