RINGUETTE v. CITY OF FALL RIVER

Civ. A. No. 93-11212-PBS.

906 F.Supp. 55 (1995)

Roger RINGUETTE, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF FALL RIVER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian R. Cunha, Brian Cunha & Associates, Fall River, MA, for Roger Ringuette.

Diane M. Bunk, Corporation Counsel, Law Department, Fall River, MA, Bernadette L. Sabra, Sabra Law Offices, Somerset, MA, for City of Fall River, Francis McDonald.

William G. Camara, Fall River, MA, Diane M. Bunk, Corporation Counsel, Law Department, Fall River, MA, for Raymond Paradis.

Kenneth G. Littman, Peppard & Littman, Fall River, MA, Andrew B. Peppard, Peppard & Littman, Fall River, MA, Diane M. Bunk, Corporation Counsel, Law Department, Fall River, MA, for Richard Levesque.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

Defendants Levesque and Paradis move for judgment as a matter of law with respect to their defense of qualified immunity to Plaintiff Ringuette's claim that the officers' decision to place Ringuette in protective custody for a second twelve hours ("re-PC") violated his right to be free from unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment. Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a). Qualified immunity is essentially a legal question, ...

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