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RUSSO v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT

Docket No. 05-4302-cv.

479 F.3d 196 (2007)

Christopher RUSSO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Jeremy DePietro, Officer, John Rosa, Officer, Christopher Borona, Detective, and John Sherbo, Sgt., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton M. Weinstein, Weinstein, Weiner, Ignal, Napolitano & Shapiro, Bridgeport, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Barbara Brazzel-Massaro, Office of the City Attorney, Bridgeport, CT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: KEARSE, CALABRESI, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

In a case of mistaken identity, Plaintiff-Appellant Christopher Russo ("Russo") was arrested and imprisoned for the armed robbery of an Amoco service station and convenience store in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Two hundred and seventeen days after his arrest—and one day after the prosecutor viewed, for the first time, Amoco's videotape of the crime—the state requested a nolle prosequi, and the charges against Russo were...

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