O'Brien v. Town of Bellingham, No. 18-1704 (1st Cir. 2019)
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United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 18-1704 JOSEPH O'BRIEN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TOWN OF BELLINGHAM, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; RICHARD PERRY, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer; TIMOTHY JOYCE, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer; JAMES RUSSELL, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer; BRIAN KUTCHER, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer; JOHN MELANSON, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer, Defendants, Appellees, ERIC ZIMMERMAN, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer; MICHAEL GILBOY, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer, Defendants. ERRATA SHEET The opinion of this Court, issued on November 22, 2019, is amended as follows: On page 11, lines 5-6, please replace "Almost forty minutes after arriving at the Police Station," with "Almost forty minutes after O'Brien arrived at the Police Station,".
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