New Haven, Connecticut pro se Plaintiff, representing himself without a lawyer, sued Defendant on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.


Following the pretrial conference held on August 31, 2022, the Court enters the following orders for the reasons discussed at the pretrial conference:

Pleadings

1. By 5 pm on September 1, 2022, Mr. Caprio... More...    $0 (08-31-2022 - CT)

. The defendant, Marquis J. Harper, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of attempt to commit robbery in the first degree as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 (a), 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-134 (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to sustain his conviction and (2) the court i... More...    $0 (08-05-2018 - CT)

On April 2, 2013, Derrick Bryant brought suit against, inter alia, Officers
Kenneth Egan and John Slezak of the Meriden Police Department, alleging that
they had used excessive force against him in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
After a trial was held and the jury returned a verdict in favor of the officers, Bryant
moved for a new trial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59.... More...    $0 (05-21-2018 - CT)

1 Appeal by plaintiff from so much of a judgment of the United States
2 District Court for the District of Connecticut, Geoffrey W. Crawford, Judge, as granted
3 summary judgment dismissing his claims against defendant City of Hartford (the
4 "City"), brought principally under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for failing to supervise its police
5 officers with respect to appropriate use of force;... More...    $0 (03-13-2018 - CT)

On September 30, 2011, Halton filed three separate complaints, alleging that Burkert committed the petty disorderly persons offense of harassment on January 8, 9, and 11, 2011, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4(c).1 A three-day trial was held in
1 A petty disorderly persons offense is punishable by up to thirty days in jail. N.J.S.A. 2C:43-8.
5
the Elizabeth ... More...    $0 (12-21-2017 - CT)

The defendant, J.M.F., appeals from the judgment of conviction of attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-54a (a), assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1), and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant raises the following seven claims:(1)thetrialcourtabusedi... More...    $0 (01-03-2017 - CT)

The defendant, Daquan Holmes, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a54a1andcriminalattempttocommitmurderinviolation of General Statutes §§ 53a-492 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial, (2) the prosecutor engaged in prosecutoria... More...    $0 (10-22-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Daquan Holmes, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a54a1andcriminalattempttocommitmurderinviolation of General Statutes §§ 53a-492 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial, (2) the prosecutor engaged in prosecutoria... More...    $0 (10-08-2016 - CT)

Hartford, CT - Plaintiff Gets $202,000 For Dead Dog

Glen Harris and K. Harris sued Anthony Pia, Johnmichael O'Hare and The City of Hartford
on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that their dog was shot and killed by the police officer defendants during an illegal search of their property on December 20, 2006.

Plaintiffs claimed that their 115-pound... More...    $202000 (10-01-2016 - CT)

The issue that we must resolve in this certified appeal is whether we should overrule this court’s holding in State v. Smith, 200 Conn. 465, 469, 512A.2d189(1986),1andholdthatinherentlysuggestive in-court identifications are inadmissible even in the absence of a suggestive pretrial identification procedure. The defendant, Andrew Dickson, was charged withavarietyofoffensesafterheshotthevictim,Albe... More...    $0 (09-07-2016 - CT)

. The dispositive issue in this certified appeal is whether a trial court’s purportedly improper exclusionofaprospectivejurorforcauseontheground that he was ‘‘not able to speak and understand the English language’’ within the meaning of General Statutes § 51-217 (a) (3) constitutes per se reversible error. The defendant, Jeffrey P. Gould, appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming ... More...    $0 (09-07-2016 - CT)

After a jury found the defendant, Dustin Ruocco, guilty of burglary in the third degree and larceny in the third degree, the Appellate Court reversed his conviction upon concluding that it was plain error for the trial court not to instruct the jury, as mandated by General Statutes § 54-84 (b),1 that it may draw no unfavorable inferences from the defendant’s failure to testify. State v. Ruocco, 15... More...    $0 (09-07-2016 - CT)

This case involves an investigatory stop of a motor vehicle. The defendant, Phil Kinch, appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered after jury trials, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b) and failure to appearinthefirstdegreeinviolationofGeneralStatutes § 53a-172 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant... More...    $0 (08-29-2016 - CT)

This appeal raises the question of whether the trial court’s refusal to sever two unrelated criminal cases brought against the defendant, Eddie A. Perez,previouslyjoinedfortrialforpurposesofjudicial economy, improperly compromised the defendant’s right to choose whether to testify on his own behalf in one of the cases but to remain silent in the other. The AppellateCourtconcludedthatitdid,reversed... More...    $0 (07-15-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Tyrone Tarver, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (2), and conspiracy to commit robbery in the third degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 and 53a-136 (a). On appeal, the defendant raises two separate c... More...    $0 (06-13-2016 - CT)

Upon a grant of certification to appeal, the respondent, the Commissioner of Correction, appealsfromthejudgmentofthehabeascourtgranting inparttheamendedpetitionforawritofhabeascorpus filedbythepetitioner,CarvaughnJohnson.Therespondent claims that the court improperly concluded that the petitioner proved a violation of his right to a fair trial because he did not receive effective assistance from ... More...    $0 (06-07-2016 - CT)

In August 2003, agents of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division
(“Army CID”) received an anonymous tip that Industrial Property Management
(“IPM”), a company providing security for and otherwise maintaining a
government-owned property in Stratford, Connecticut, pursuant to an Army
contract, had engaged in misconduct in connection with that work. In particular,
the... More...    $0 (05-30-2016 - CT)

.Thedefendant,EfrainJohnson,appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c and one count of kidnapping in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a92 (a) (2) (A) for his participation in events that led to the death of the victim, Tina Johnson.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the... More...    $0 (05-07-2016 - CT)

We have been asked by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to consider whether the ‘‘[g]ood tobacco’’ exception to strict products liability contained in comment (i) to § 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts1 precludes an action in this state against a cigarette manufacturer for including additives and manipulating the nicotine in its cigarettes in a manner that ultimatel... More...    $0 (04-25-2016 - CT)

In April 2012, after using a peer-to-peer file sharing program to retrieve
images constituting child pornography from an IP address associated with
Pattee, law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant for Pattee’s residence.
During the ensuing search Pattee admitted to an officer that he had downloaded
and viewed child pornography. The authorities ultimately recovered over... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Craig Hines, was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a) and one count of carrying a pistol without a permit in violation ofGeneralStatutes§ 29-35(a).Onappeal,thedefendant claims that the court erred (1) in finding that he had been restored to competency to stand trial and (2) in removinghimfromthecourtroomduringjury... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - CT)

The petitioner, Rufus Spearman, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court erred (1) in not finding that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance, as set forth in count three of his petition, byfailingtocallseveralavailablealibiwitnessesduring the petitioner’s criminal trial and (2)... More...    $0 (04-12-2016 - CT)

After a trial to the court, the defendant, Aaron Brantley, was convicted of one count of bribery of a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-149. The defendant now appeals, claiming that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. At the conclusion of the defendant’s trial, the court, B.Fischer,J.,madethefollowingfindingsoffact:‘‘[T... More...    $0 (04-04-2016 - CT)

This appeal requires us to consider the extent to which a criminal defendant is entitled to representation by a particular attorney at a new trial ordered in accordance with United States v. GonzalezLopez, 548 U.S. 140, 126 S. Ct. 2557, 165 L. Ed. 2d 409 (2006), as the remedy for the violation of his right to counsel of choice under the sixth amendment to the United States constitution, when that... More...    $0 (03-16-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Carmelito Rodriguez, appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered following a conditional plea of nolo contendere1 to two countsofpossessionofanarcoticsubstancewithintent tosellinviolationofGeneralStatutes§ 21a-278(b).2The defendantclaimsthatthetrialcourterredindenyinghis motion to suppress certain evidence seized from his residence, on the ground that the affidavit in support ... More...    $0 (02-12-2016 - CT)

The principal issue to be decided in this caseinvolveswhetheracriminaldefendanthasanabsolute right under either the United States constitution or our state constitution to demand the replacement of his court appointed counsel if such a request is made almost five months prior to the date that his actual trial begins. The defendant, Gilbert Orlando, appeals from the judgment of conviction by a thr... More...    $0 (02-05-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Antoine Osbourne, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial,ofassaultinthefirstdegreeinviolationofGeneral Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (5). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly admitted into evidence (1) photographs of the crime scene and of the victim’s clothing, and (2) a hearsay statement of the victim. We affirm the judgment of the... More...    $0 (01-04-2016 - CT)

Inthisappeal,weareaskedtodetermine whether the trial court properly relied on the appraisal submitted by the substitute plaintiff, Shaw’s New London, LLC (plaintiff), and the testimony of the plaintiff’s appraiser in granting the plaintiff’s motion for a deficiency judgment against the named defendant, Signature Properties, LLC (Signature), and the defendants AndrewJ.Julian,MaureenJulian,andMichae... More...    $0 (12-27-2015 - CT)

Vengeance has no place in the orderly administration of justice by a civilized society. It certainly can never serve as the justification for the death penalty in today's world. My review of the text and legislative history of the public act under consideration, No. 12-5 of the 2012 Public Acts (P.A. 12-5), leads me to the inescapable conclusion that vengeance was the motivating factor underlying ... More...    $0 (12-15-2015 - CT)

The state and the defendant, Shelvonn
Jones, appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court,
which reversed the judgment of conviction, rendered
after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree in
violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2). See State
v. Jones, 139 Conn. App. 469, 470, 487, 56 A.3d 724
(2012). The state claims that the Appellate Court
improperly ... More...    $0 (12-14-2015 - CT)

The dispute in the present case has a long and circuitous history, which began more than one decade ago when the plaintiff, Landmark InvestmentGroup,LLC(Landmark),acommercialrealestate developer, entered into a contract to purchase an environmentally contaminated property in the town of Plainville (town) with the hopes of remediating and developingitforcommercialuse.Theselleroftheproperty, Chung F... More...    $0 (09-26-2015 - CT)

The principal issue in this appeal requires us to determine when a prosecutor’s apparent breach of a trial court ruling becomes prosecutorial improprietyimplicatingadefendant’sdueprocessright to a fair trial, rather than an evidentiary matter without constitutionalimport.Thedefendant,MatthewO’BrienVeader, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, convicting him o... More...    $0 (08-28-2015 - CT)

It is undisputed that on May 8, 2009, shortly after 11:00 a.m., Rogoz drove to the
17 vicinity of Lawrence Street in Hartford, Connecticut (hereafter the "Lawrence Street area"), "a hot spot
18 area for illegal drug activity," D.Ct. Op., 2013 WL 3816580, at *3 (internal quotation marks omitted),
19 and, through the window of his vehicle, bought $50 worth of heroin. Rogoz then turned ... More...    $0 (08-10-2015 - CT)

Hartford, CT - Elvin Gonzalez sued Hartford Connecticut police officer Robert A. Murtha and the City of Hartford on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C., 1983 claiming that Officer Murtha used excessive force in dealing with him and, as a direct result, her was injured and damaged.

On a cold night in early 2003, Murtha shot Elvin Gonzalez three times. He claimed that Gonzalez'... More...    $0 (11-25-2009 - CT)