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DEARY v. CITY OF GLOUCESTER

Nos. 92-1703, 92-1777.

9 F.3d 191 (1993)

Walter DEARY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CITY OF GLOUCESTER, et al., Defendants, Appellees, John Bichao, Defendant, Appellant. Walter DEARY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITY OF GLOUCESTER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard H. Kesten with whom Thomas M. Elcock and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, MA, were on brief for John Bichao, City of Gloucester, David A. Reardon, Howard Maki, John Beaudette, Harold Reardon, James Hubbard and Chief Earland Whortley.

Edmund M. Pitts with whom Edmund R. Pitts and Pitts & Pitts, Brookline, MA, were on brief for Walter Deary.

Before BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges, and FUSTE, District Judge.

FUSTE, District Judge.

This appeal arises from a police misconduct action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Massachusetts law. Defendant John Bichao appeals contending that (1) bias on the part of the trial judge denied him a fair trial; (2) evidence regarding a prior disciplinary action against one of the witnesses was incorrectly admitted; and (3) attorneys' fees were erroneously granted to plaintiffs' attorneys. We affirm on all grounds.

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