United States Second Circuit

Claimant's version of events, to which the court was required to give credit in ruling on defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law, supported findings that police used excessive force against her; sanctions award is vacated where counsel was not afforded due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/18/2002
• Published 07/19/2002

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge., Before: NEWMAN, KEARSE, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Williams, New Haven, CT, pro se and for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• M. Jeffry Spahr, Office of Corporation Counsel, Norwalk, CT, for Defendants-Appellees.