Ronald TEREBESI, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Sergeant Jay TORRESO, Sergeant Stephen Brennan, Officer Gregg Phillipson, Chief John F. Solomon, Lieutenant Ronald Kirby, Sergeant Kenneth Jones, Officer William Ruscoe, Officer Brian Weir, Officer Todd Edwards, Officer Gregg Lee, Sergeant Mark Cirillo, Officer Michael Sweeney, all individually and in their official capacities as police officers, Defendants-Appellants.
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Argued: October 10, 2013.
Decided: August 21, 2014.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard J. Burturla , Berchem Moses & Devlin, P.C., Milford, CT, for Defendant-Appellant Michael Sweeney.
Arthur C. Laske, III , Laske Law Firm, LLC, Fairfield, CT, for Defendants-Appellants Ronald Kirby, Kenneth Jones, William Ruscoe, Brian Weir, Todd Edwards, and Gregg Lee.
Catherine S. Nietzel , Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP, Stamford, CT, for Defendant-Appellant John Solomon.
Elliot B. Spector , Noble, Spector & O'Connor, P.C., Hartford, CT, for Defendant-Appellant Mark Cirillo.
Scott M. Karsten , Karsten & Tallberg, LLC, West Hartford, CT, for Defendant-Appellant Jay Torreso.
Gary A. Mastronardi , Law Firm of Gary A. Mastronardi ( John R. Gulash , Gulash & Riccio, on the brief), Bridgeport, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellee Ronald Terebesi.
Before: SACK, CHIN, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
SACK, Circuit Judge:
This case arises out of a botched SWAT1-style raid in Easton, Connecticut, in 2008. The police obtained a warrant to search the home of the plaintiff, Ronald Terebesi, for a small amount of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. To execute the search, police planned to smash Terebesi's windows, detonate at least three stun grenades (or "flashbangs") inside the home, break down...
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