Date: 12-03-2010

Case Style: Stephen Rubino v. Walter Chapman and Glenn Utter

Case Number: 3:07-cv-00076-AWT

Judge: Alvin W. Thompson

Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Hartford County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Katrena K. Engstrom, Joseph M. Merly and John Williams, John R. Williams and Associates, L.L.P., Hartford, Connecticut

Defendant's Attorney: Charles A. Deluca and Catherine S. Nietzel, Ryan Ryan Deluca, L.L.P., Stamford, Connecticut

Description: Stephen Rubino sued Danbury Connecticut Police Officers Walter Chapman and Glenn Utter on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that they used excessive force when they arrested him for burglary in 2005.

Defendants claimed that they were forced to use force to arrest Plaintiff because he continue to resist because of drinking heavily and using cocaine prior to his arrest.

Outcome: Defendants' verdict.

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