RULING AND ORDER MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge. This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 for alleged violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, as well as for related claims under the Connecticut Constitution and common law. Pending before the Court are two motions of the Defendants: a Motion for Summary Judgment [doc. # 121] and a Motion to Preclude Expert Testimony [doc. # 120]. The latter seeks to prevent Plaintiff's expert,...
RULING AND ORDER MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge. On December 20, 2007, a grand jury returned true bills of indictment for, inter alia, Brian Danzi, age 34, and Michael Danzi, 32. The brothers were charged with participating in a drug distribution ring that involved the importation of marijuana from Canada, with large sums of cash being smuggled back the other way. Brian Danzi was charged with possession with intent to distribute and the distribution of marijuana; Michael Danzi was charged...
RULING AND ORDER MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge. Currently pending before the Court is a motion entitled "Plaintiffs' Petition for Hearing or Rehearing, En Banc, on Plaintiffs' Motions for Permission to File Unredacted Copies Under Seal of Each Plaintiffs Motions for Order Reversing the Decision of the Commissioner or in the Alternative Motion for Remand for a Rehearing, Each Plaintiffs Supporting Memorandum and Each Plaintiffs Appendix Thereto" [hereinafter, "Pl.'s Mot."] [doc. # 20]. The...
RULING ON PLAINTIFF'S APPLCATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM DONNA F. MARTINEZ, United States Magistrate Judge. In the sole claim remaining in this case, the plaintiff, a federal inmate, alleges that the defendant, a Connecticut Department of Correction employee, used excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The case is trial ready. 1 The plaintiff now moves for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241(c)(5) 2 requesting that the...
