Free Motion for Summary Judgment - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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_ l UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
{ DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
i BEVERLY MYERS : CIVIL ACTION NO.
V. Plaintiff, 3:03CV652 (PCD)
I- CITY OF HARTFORD, ET AL
Defendants. MAY 28, 2004
if MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Pursuant to Fed. R, Civ. P. 56, Defendants Edna Negron, D. Anwar Al—Ghani, James
Boucher, Felix Karslty, Anthony Amato, Ann Bird (the "Individual Defendants"), the “State
Board of Trustees for the City of Ha1tford" and the Hartford Board of Education (the
"Institt1tional Defendants?) (collectively, the "Defendants") respectfully move for summary
.:_- judgment on all claims contained in Plaintiffs Amended Complaint. Summary Judgment
should enter for the following reasons:
l. Plaintiff Cannot Estabiish a Valid Claim Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. {$1983 Against
- Any of the Defendants;
U 2. Plaintiff Cannot Establish a Valid Claim Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §l985 Against
Any ofthe Defendants;
3. The Individual Defendants Are Entitled to Qualified Immunity;
4. The State Board of Trustees for the City of Hartford Did Not and Does Not
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED
TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED

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5. The State Board of Trustees for the Hartford Public Schools Is Entitled to
{ Sovereign andfor Eleventh Amendment Immunity;
6. The Reconstituted Hartford Board of Education Had No Involvement in the
Actions Forming the Basis for the Amended Complaint; and
7. Plaintiff Has Failed to Allege and Substantiate A Municipal Policy, Custom or
:_ Practice Against Either institutional Defendant. i
Zi In further support of this motion, the Defendants rely upon the accompanying
Memorandum of Law in Support, their Ruie 56{a)(1) Statement of Facts Not in Dispute and
U accompanying affidavits and materials.
·- DEFENDANTS EDNA NEGRON, D. ANWAR
` AL—GI—IANI, JIM BOUCIER, FELIX
. KARSKY, ANTHONY AMATO, ANN BIRD,
_` 1 STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE i
CITY OF HARTFORD AND THE HARTFORD
l. BOARD OF EDUCATION T
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. if Jose h W. MQcQuade, ct 12121
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1 Diana Garfield, ct0555l
in Kainen, Escalera & McHale, P.C.
‘ 21 Oak Street `
Hartford, CT 06106 A
Telephone (860) 493-0870
Facsimile (860) 493-0871
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[email protected]
Their Attorneys

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CERTIFICATION or ssiwics
This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing Motion for Summary Judgment was sent
U via first class U.S. mail on this the 28th day of May, 2004 to:
Christine E. Corrivcau, Esq. i
QT Francis A. Miaiter, Esq.
- Minitcr & Associates
Yi E47 Charter Oak Avenue
“ Hartford, CT 06106
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