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HATCH v. TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN

No. 02-1053.

311 F.3d 83 (2002)

Richard HATCH, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN; Finance Director for the Town of Middletown; Shawn J. Brown; Frank Kluth; Barry Smith; and David Leonard, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Palumbo, Jr. for appellant.

Marc DeSisto, with whom Kathleen M. Powers was on brief for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, B. FLETCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

On April 27, 2000, Plaintiff Richard Hatch was arrested by the Middletown, Rhode Island police department and charged with assaulting his adopted son ("John Doe").1 There was immediate media interest in the arrest due to Hatch's impending television appearance on the reality game show Survivor during its premier season. Although the police initially released only a redacted copy of Hatch's arrest report to...

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