KOCH v. TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT

No. 875, Docket 01-7504.

287 F.3d 162 (2002)

Fredrick K. KOCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, Sherwood D. Lake, Jr., and John Doe, Unidentified Brattleboro Police Officer, Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Gibson, Brattleboro, VT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kevin J. Coyle, Burlington, VT; Nancy Goss Sheahan, McNeil, Leddy & Sheahan, Burlington, VT, of counsel, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KEARSE, JACOBS, and KEITH, Circuit Judges.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Fredrick Koch ("Koch") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment for Defendants Town of Brattleboro, Vermont, Deputy Sheriff Sherwood D. Lake ("Lake"), and Police Officer John Doe on Koch's civil rights claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Koch alleged that the Defendants violated his Fourth Amendment rights when Lake and another officer (later identified as Marshall Holbrook) placed Koch in custody after entering...

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