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DAVIS v. U.S.

Nos. 10-1418, 10-1419, 10-1465, 10-1466, 10-2368, 10-2369, 11-2254, 11-2256.

670 F.3d 48 (2012)

John E. DAVIS, Administrator of the Estate of Debra Davis; Robert P. Davis, Administrator of the Estate of Debra Davis; Marion Hussey, in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Deborah Hussey, Plaintiffs, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant/Cross-Appellee John J. Connolly; John M. Morris; Lawrence Sarhatt; H. Paul Rico; Robert Fitzpatrick; James Ring; Roderick Kennedy; James Greenleaf; James Ahearn; James Bulger; Stephen Flemmi; John Does 1-50, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Bondy , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, with whom Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, and Jonathan H. Levy , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, were on brief for defendant, appellant/cross-appellee.

Ann M. Donovan with whom Law Office of Ann M. Donovan was on brief for plaintiff-appellee/cross appellant Marion Hussey, in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Deborah Hussey.

Michael J. Heineman with whom Paul J. Griffin and Mingace & Heineman were on brief for plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants John E. Davis and Robert P. Davis, Administrators of the Estate of Debra Davis.

Before BOUDIN, HOWARD and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from judgments awarding damages to the families and estates of two women, Deborah Hussey and Debra Davis, killed by James Bulger and Stephen Flemmi in the 1980s. Litif v. United States, 682 F.Supp.2d 60 (D.Mass.2010). It also appeals from an award of $10,000 in attorney fees in the Davis case as sanctions against the United States. Davis v. United States,

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