HAYDEN v. GRAYSON

No. 97-1623.

134 F.3d 449 (1998)

Jessica L. HAYDEN, Nicole C. Merrill and Colleen M. Rhoads, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Richard GRAYSON, Chief of Police of the Town of Lisbon, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Van Dorn, Jr., with whom Brad W. Wilder and Van Dorn & Cullenberg, Orford, NH, were on brief for appellants.

John T. Alexander, with whom Michael Lenehan and Ransmeier & Spellman P.C., Concord, NH, were on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, GODBOLD and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a district court judgment dismissing their equal protection claims against the Town of Lisbon, New Hampshire, and its chief of police, Richard Grayson, for failing to investigate allegations that their father abused them sexually while they were minors. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

Although the three sisters first lodged these allegations in 1983, Grayson took no action other than to misrepresent...

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