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DOE v. DOE

No. 3:95cv2722 (JBA).

929 F.Supp. 608 (1996)

Jane DOE v. John DOE.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

June 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Chang, Rali Wakeman, Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, CT, for Plaintiff.

Christine Sciarrino, Office of the U.S. Attorney, New Haven, CT, for USA/amicus curiae.

Julie Goldshein, Maureen Murphy, Sara Kay, NOW Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for NOW, Legal Aid Society, Nat'l. Coalition Against Domestic Violence/amicus curiae.

Diane Polan, Norman Pattis, Office of John R. Williams, New Haven, CT, for Defendant.

RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

ARTERTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Jane Doe1 seeks to avail herself of the civil rights remedy provided under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ("VAWA" or the "Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 13981, seeking damages for deprivation of her federal right to be free from her husband's alleged gender-based violence against her. Plaintiff alleges that from 1978 until 1995 the defendant ...

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