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COLOMBO v. O'CONNELL

Docket No. 02-7170.

310 F.3d 115 (2002)

Lydia COLOMBO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Raymond O'CONNELL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Pattis, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard Buturla, Berchem, Moses & Devlin, Milford, CT, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: WINTER and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and JONES, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Lydia Colombo ("Colombo") brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendant, Raymond O'Connell ("O'Connell"), the Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Stratford, claiming that O'Connell violated her First Amendment right to free speech. The violation, Colombo claims, occurred when O'Connell threatened to sue her civilly for libel after she filed a petition for a recall vote of the Town of Stratford Board of Education...

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