PINEDA v. TOOMEY

No. 07-2462.

533 F.3d 50 (2008)

Carlos PINEDA and Alexandra Perez, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Joseph TOOMEY and Joseph Watts, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Hrones, with whom Michael Tumposky and Hrones, Garrity & Hedges were on brief, for appellants.

Helen G. Litsas, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Susan M. Weise, First Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston Law Department, was on brief for appellees.

Before HOWARD, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAFFORD, Senior District Judge.


STAFFORD, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs/appellants, Carlos Pineda ("Pineda") and Alexandra Perez ("Perez"), appeal from the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants/appellees, Joseph Toomey ("Toomey") and Joseph Watts ("Watts"), in this action for false arrest, unlawful search, and excessive force. We affirm.

I.

On April 28, 2003, a person was shot and killed at a Mobil gas station in Boston. Suspects were seen leaving...

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