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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT KARL HOGFELDT Plaintiff vs. OLD SAYBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT SERGEANT DONALD HULL; PATROLMAN DAVID PERROTTI; PATROLMAN CHRIS DEMARCO; PATROLMAN J RANKIN; AY EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS POLICE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE OLD SAYBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND THE TOWN OF OLD SAYBROOK OF OLD SAYBROOK : : : : : : : : : : : : : : CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:01 CV 1979 (WWE)

MAY 18, 2004

LOCAL RULE 56(a)2 STATEMENT

Pursuant to Rule 56(a)2 of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure the plaintiff Karl Hogfeldt, respectfully responds to the defendants' Local Rule 56(c)(1) Statement as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. Admit. Admit. Admit. Admit.

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5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

Deny. Dep. Hogfeldt, pp. 48, 56-59, 61-65, 71, 78. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 40, 43-44, 88. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp.39-40. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 40, 45-46. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 40, 45-46. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 40, 45-46. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 48-49. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, p. 48. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 40, 45-46. Admit. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, p. 53. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-56, 61. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-56, 61. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-56, 61. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-56, 61. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-56, 61. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-56, 61. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-56, 61.

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23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.

Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-57. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 54-57. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 55-56, 61, 63-65, 71-72. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, pp. 58. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, p. 58. Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, p. 58. The term "off-duty" is a legal conclusion not supported by the testimony referred to.

30. 31.

Deny. Dep., Hogfeldt, p. 59. The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement.

32.

The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement.

33.

The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement.

34.

The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement.

35.

The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this

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statement. 36. The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement. 37. The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement. 38. The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement. 39. The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement. 40. The Plaintiff has no independent knowledge of the truth or falsity of this statement.

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LIST OF ISSUES OF MATERIAL FACT AS TO WHICH THERE IS A GENUINE ISSUE TO BE TRIED 1. Whether the individual defendants are protected by the doctrine of qualified

immunity; 2. Whether the individual defendants used excessive force in their dealings with the

plaintiff; 3. Whether the individual defendants failed to prevent other individual defendants

from using excessive force in their dealings with the plaintiff; 4. Whether the individual defendants assaulted the plaintiff while he was in police

custody; 5. Whether the individual plaintiffs failed to prevent other individual defendants from

assaulting the plaintiff while he was in police custody; 6. Whether the Town of Old Saybrook through its policies and customs caused the

plaintiff's injuries PLAINTIFF,

By__________________________ A. Paul Spinella, Esq. Spinella & Associates One Lewis Street Hartford, CT 06103 860 728-4900 Fed. Bar No.: ct00078

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CERTIFICATION This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing has been sent, postage prepaid, via U.S. mail to the following counsel of record on this date to: Bruce E. Newman, Esq. Newman, Creed & Associates 99 North Street, Route 6 PO Box 575 Bristol, CT 06011 Thomas R. Gerarde, Esq. John J. Radshaw, III, Esq. Howd & Ludorf 65 Wethersfield Avenue Hartford, CT 06114

_________________________ A. Paul Spinella, Esq.