TARAVELLA v. TOWN OF WOLCOTT

Docket No. 08-2529-cv.

599 F.3d 129 (2010)

Denise A. TARAVELLA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TOWN OF WOLCOTT, Thomas G. Dunn, Douglas Coley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Monastersky, Esq., (Martha A. Shaw, Esq., on the brief), Howd & Ludorf, LLC, Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellants.

Barbara E. Gardner, Esq., Manchester, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Judge STRAUB dissents with a separate opinion.


DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

Defendant Thomas Dunn, mayor of the Town of Wolcott, appeals from the denial of his motion for qualified immunity by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Droney, J.). When Dunn became mayor, he terminated the employment of plaintiff Denise Taravella, who had been the director of the town's senior center. Taravella sued Dunn, Town Municipal Agent Douglas Coley, and the Town itself, alleging a variety of...

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