Dorlette V City Of Stamford
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
FAROULH DORLETTE,
Plaintiff,
v. No. 3:23cv1589 (OAW)
CITY OF STAMFORD, et al.,
Defendants.
INITIAL REVIEW ORDER
Plaintiff Faroulh Dorlette, an inmate in the custody of the Connecticut Department
of Correction (“DOC”), is proceeding pro se in this action. He has filed this civil rights
action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”), alleging violations of his rights
under the Constitution of the United States of America in connection with his arrest on
March 23, 2023. He also asserts state tort claims. See generally ECF No. 10. Plaintiff
has sued the City of Stamford and the following officials within the Stamford Police
Department: Chief of Police Doe; Assistant Chief of Police Conklin; Sergeants Phillips,
Cooper, Malanga, Alvarez, Rosa, and Petrizzi (“Sergeant Defendants”); Officers
Pennoyer, Derisne, Romano, Lavigne, Cooper, Rosado, Montanaro, Linnehan, Spinosa,
Califano and Kane (“Officer Defendants”); Lieutenants Baker and O’Brien (“Lieutenant
Defendants”); and Stamford Police Department Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)
Officer Doe 2. He sues Chief Doe and Assistant Chief Conklin in their individual and
official capacities, and the remaining individual defendants in their individual capacities.
The Prison Litigation Reform Act requires that federal courts review complaints
brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity, or against an officer or
employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). Upon review, the court must
dismiss the complaint, or any portion thereof, that is frivolous or malicious, that fails to
state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seeks monetary relief from a
defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B), 1915A(b). The
court thoroughly has reviewed all factual allegations in the operative complaint and has
conducted an initial review of the allegations therein.
I. Allegations1
Plaintiff alleges he was sitting in his parked vehicle at 4 p.m. on March 23, 2023,
when he was rammed from behind by a Stamford Police Department vehicle. The collision
caused him pain in and around his neck.
Shortly after the collision, Plaintiff heard four loud sounds and saw flashes and
smoke that appeared to come from explosive devices. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants
Alvarez, Baker, Romano, and Rosa had each deployed flashbang grenades toward him.
The grenades shattered Plaintiff’s car windows and caused Plaintiff emotional distress
and extreme pain to his ears and eyes.
Although Plaintiff offered no resistance, Defendants Phillips, Alvarez, Lavigne,
Pennoyer, Rosa, Romano, and Baker trained high powered assault rifles on Plaintiff and
threatened to blow off his head, kill him, or shoot him.
Shortly thereafter, Plaintiff was tased, although he had not resisted and he did not
pose any threat to the officers. Defendant Alvarez removed Plaintiff from his vehicle and
placed him in tight handcuffs that pained Plaintiff and cut off his circulation.
1 All factual allegations are drawn from the operative complaint, ECF No. 10, and are presumed true for
the purpose of initial review.
Plaintiff pleaded that the handcuffs were too tight and begged them for adjustment,
but his pleas were ignored. Plaintiff now suffers from “possible” permanent physical and
psychological damage. Plaintiff alleges that all the Officer Defendants, the Sergeant
Defendants, and the Lieutenant Defendants were involved in these events.
After being placed in restraints, Defendant Phillips asked Plaintiff if he remembered
him and explained the police action as Phillips and his “buddies” retaliating against
Plaintiff for a prior civil lawsuit in federal court2 and also because Plaintiff tried to make
him look stupid while Defendant Phillips testified during a suppression hearing in a federal
criminal proceeding in which Plaintiff had been the defendant.3
Plaintiff sent a request to Stamford Police Department FOIA Officer Doe 2 seeking
a police report, and also sent a complaint letter to Chief Doe describing these events. In
reply to his FOIA request, Plaintiff received a one-page supplemental report, which
appeared to be only part of the police report he had requested. He never received a
response to his letter of complaint.
II. DISCUSSION
Plaintiff asserts claims for violation of his constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. §
1983 and state tort laws.
A. Chief Doe and Assistant Chief Conklin
A plaintiff seeking damages from a defendant must allege facts that establish the
personal involvement of that defendant in the alleged constitutional violations. See Wright
2 Dorlette v. Edson, 09cv414 (AWT).
3 Specifically, Defendant Phillips’s credibility was impeached at a suppression hearing in United States v.
Dorlette, Case No. 3:09cr173 (JBA).
v. Smith, 21 F.3d 496, 501 (2d Cir. 1994) (“[P]ersonal involvement of defendants in
alleged constitutional deprivations is a prerequisite to an award of damages under §
1983.”); (quoting Moffitt v. Town of Brookfield, 950 F.2d 880, 885 (2d Cir.1991); see also
Tangreti v. Bachmann, 983 F.3d 609, 618–19 (2d Cir. 2020) (noting that a plaintiff must
“plead and prove that ‘each Government-official defendant, through the official’s own
individual actions, has violated the Constitution.’”) (quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S.
662, 676 (2009)).
Plaintiff has not alleged any facts that establish either the Chief’s or the Assistant
Chief’s personal involvement in the relevant conduct. There are no facts alleged as to
the Assistant Chief, and the only action attributable to the Chief is apparent neglect of
Plaintiff’s letter of complaint. But that omission is insufficient to carry any claims against
the Chief. “[A]s a matter of law, a defendant’s mere ‘receipt of a letter or grievance,
without personally investigating or acting [thereon], is insufficient to establish personal
involvement.’” Alvarado v. Westchester Cnty., 22 F. Supp. 3d 208, 215 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
(quoting Burns v. Fischer, 2014 WL 1413387, at *5 (W.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2014)) (second
alteration in original); see also Jones v. Annucci, No. 16-cv-3516, 2018 WL 910594, at
*11–12, (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2018) (noting that acting commissioner’s failure to respond to
the plaintiff's letter complaint “without more, does not plausibly allege his personal
involvement . . . .”). Accordingly, all claims against the Chief and the Assistant Chief in
their personal capacities must be dismissed.
B. Excessive Force
The Fourth Amendment protects people’s right “to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” U.S. Const.,
amend. IV. Because the Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable seizures, it
has long been recognized that the Fourth Amendment is violated if the police use
excessive force against a free person for the purpose of arresting or restraining his or her
freedom of movement. See, e.g., Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 394 (1989) (holding
that excessive force claims “aris[ing] in the context of an arrest” should be analyzed under
the Fourth Amendment); see also Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103, 125 n.27 (1975) (“The
Fourth Amendment was tailored explicitly for the criminal justice system, and its balance
between individual and public interests always has been thought to define the ‘process
that is due’ for seizures of person or property in criminal cases.”). The protections of the
Fourth Amendment are made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth
Amendment. Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 655 (1961).4
To state a plausible Fourth Amendment excessive force claim, Plaintiff must show
that the force used by Defendants was “objectively unreasonable.” Graham, 490 U.S. at
397. The “reasonableness” of a particular use of force must be judged from the
perspective of a reasonable police officer on the scene, id. at 396, and it “requires
consideration of the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an
immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others, and whether the suspect is actively
resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight.” Hemphill v. Schott, 141 F.3d 412,
417 (2d Cir. 1998). Officers are liable not only when they use excessive force themselves,
but also when they fail to intervene to stop the excessive use of force by another officer
4 Plaintiff also asserts that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated due to an unlawful search and
seizure, but he has adduced no facts about any search at all, and it is not clear whether his arrest
terminated favorably to him, as required for a claim of false arrest. See Miles v. City of Hartford, 445 F.
App'x 379, 383 (2d Cir. 2011) (citing Roesch v. Otarola, 980 F.2d 850, 853–54 (2d Cir. 1992).
when in a position to observe the conduct and with time to intervene. Sloley v.
VanBramer, 945 F.3d 30, 46–47 (2d Cir. 2019).
For purposes of initial review, Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to permit him to
proceed on his excessive force and failure to intervene claims against all the Officer
Defendants, the Sergeant Defendants, and the Lieutenant Defendants in their individual
capacities for the ramming of his car, the use of flashbang grenades, the use of a taser,
and the unreasonably tight handcuffs.
C. Deliberate Indifference to Health and Safety
Plaintiff alleges that the Officer Defendants, the Sergeant Defendants, and the
Lieutenant Defendants acted with deliberate indifference to his health and wellbeing after
he was arrested. In the context of claims asserting deliberate indifference to the health
or safety needs of detainees who have been arrested but not yet arraigned, the Second
Circuit has indicated that the Fourteenth Amendment applies. See Shakir v. Stankye,
2020 WL 1480141, **3 (2d Cir. Mar. 24, 2020) (summary order).5
To state a Fourteenth Amendment claim for unconstitutional conduct during the
course of an arrest, to include deliberate indifference to health or safety, Plaintiff must
satisfy two elements: an objective element “showing that the challenged conditions were
sufficiently serious to constitute objective deprivations of the right to due process,” and a
subjective element “showing that the officer acted with at least deliberate indifference to
the challenged conditions.” Id. (quoting Darnell v. Pineiro, 849 F.3d 17, 29 (2d Cir. 2017)).
5 Plaintiff also asserts Fifth Amendment deliberate indifference claims, but the Fifth Amendment applies
only to the federal government, and so any Fifth Amendment claim hereby is dismissed. See Dusenbery
v. United States, 534 U.S. 161, 167 (2002); Ambrose v. City of New York, 623 F. Supp. 2d 454, 466–67
(S.D.N.Y. 2009).
The subjective element may be satisfied either by showing that a defendant intentionally
imposed the conditions at issue, or that they “recklessly fail[ed] to act with reasonable
care to mitigate the risk that the condition posed to the pretrial detainee even though the
defendant-official knew, or should have known, that the condition posed an excessive risk
to health or safety.” Id. (quoting Darnell, 849 F.3d at 35). Implicit in this standard is the
requirement that a plaintiff must be in custody to state a deliberate indifference claim.
See Barrett v. Marquez, No. 3:25-CV-00022 (VAB), 2025 WL 1424921, at *1 (D. Conn.
May 16, 2025). The court accepts for the purpose of this initial review that from the
moment the officers rammed Plaintiff’s car, he was in custody. Cnty. of Sacramento v.
Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 844 (1998).
Accepting Plaintiff’s allegations as true, he posed no threat to the arresting officers
while sitting in his car, such that the risks of detonating flashbang grenades and using the
police vehicle to ram Plaintiff’s vehicle was unwarranted. Further, Plaintiff alleges he
sustained physical and psychological injuries from the experience. Thus, the court will
permit Plaintiff to proceed on his Fourteenth Amendment claims of indifference to his
health and wellbeing against the Officer Defendants, the Sergeant Defendants, and the
Lieutenant Defendants for further development of the record.
D. First Amendment Retaliation
Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Phillips orchestrated the police action against him
to retaliate against him for his prior protected activity, namely the civil lawsuit he filed
against Defendant Phillips and his in-court impeachment of Defendant Phillips.
To plead a First Amendment retaliation claim, an inmate plausibly must allege: (1)
that he engaged in protected speech or conduct, (2) that the defendant took adverse
action against him, and (3) that the adverse action was the result of a retaliatory motive,
that is, that there was a causal connection between the protected conduct and the
adverse action. Dolan v. Connolly, 794 F.3d 290, 294 (2d Cir. 2015). The United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has “instructed district courts to ‘approach
prisoner retaliation claims with skepticism and particular care, because virtually any
adverse action taken against a prisoner by a prison official—even those otherwise not
rising to the level of a constitutional violation—can be characterized as a constitutionally
proscribed retaliatory act.’” Id. at 295 (quoting Davis v. Goord, 320 F.3d 346, 352 (2d
Cir.2003)).
Here, the court presumes Plaintiff’s claim satisfies the first and second prongs of
the analysis. And as Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Phillips admitted to him that the
police operation was performed to “get back” at him, the court considers for the purpose
of initial review that Plaintiff has raised an inference of a causal connection between the
adverse action (the police action against him) and his prior protected conduct.
Accordingly, the court will permit Plaintiff to proceed on his First Amendment retaliation
claims against the Officer Defendants, the Sergeant Defendants, and the Lieutenant
Defendants.
E. Conspiracy
Plaintiff asserts that the Officer Defendants, the Sergeant Defendants, and the
Lieutenant Defendants conspired to violate his federal rights in violation of section 1983.
For a conspiracy claim under section 1983, Plaintiff “must provide some factual basis
supporting a meeting of the minds, such [as] that defendants entered into an agreement,
express or tacit, to achieve the unlawful end.” Webb v. Goord, 340 F.3d 105, 110 (2d Cir.
2013) (quoting Romer v. Morgenthau, 119 F.Supp.2d 346, 363 (S.D.N.Y.2000)).
Here, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Phillips affirmatively stated that the other
officers were helping him “get back” at Plaintiff with their arrest operation. The court finds
this is sufficient to carry Plaintiff’s conspiracy claim against the Officer Defendants, the
Sergeant Defendants, and the Lieutenant Defendants past initial review.
F. First Amendment Right to Speak Freely
Under his claim titled “Violation of Right to Speak Freely (1st Amendment),” Plaintiff
complains that Defendant Doe 2 provided him with only part of the police report he
requested. But “FOIA” applies only to the federal government; it does not apply to state
or local governments, nor to their employees. Lau v. Sullivan Cty. D.A., et al., No. 99-
7341, 1999 WL 1069966, at *1 (2d Cir. 1999) (unpublished disposition). Plaintiff also
cannot claim that non-compliance with his request for information under state law
constitutes a violation of his First Amendment rights. Violations of state law are not
cognizable under Section 1983. See Pollnow v. Glennon, 757 F.2d 496, 501 (2d Cir.
1985) (“Clearly, a violation of state law is not cognizable under § 1983.”); see also
Crowder v. Farinella, No. 3:17-CV-1135 (VAB), 2017 WL 3392546, at *6 (D. Conn. Aug.
7, 2017) (“Violations of state law are not cognizable under Section 1983.”). Accordingly,
the court must dismiss this claim.
G. City of Stamford
Plaintiff names the City of Stamford as a defendant. But “Congress did not intend
municipalities to be held liable [under § 1983] unless action pursuant to official municipal
policy of some nature caused a constitutional tort.” Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs. of City
of N.Y., 436 U.S. 658, 691 (1978). Thus, “a municipality may not be held liable under §
1983 on a respondeat superior theory.” Id. Instead, Monell provides that a municipality
may be vicariously liable for unconstitutional police misconduct only if the misconduct was
caused by a municipal policy, practice, or custom, or by a municipality’s deliberate
indifference and inaction in light of a history of prior similar constitutional deprivations by
municipal officers. Outlaw v. City of Hartford, 884 F.3d 351, 372 (2d Cir. 2018).
Here, Plaintiff has not alleged sufficient facts plausibly to suggest that any conduct
by the individual defendants was the product of a municipal policy, custom, or practice.
Accordingly, the court must dismiss any section 1983 claims against the City of Stamford.
H. Official Capacity Claims
Plaintiff has sued Chief Doe and Assistant Chief Conklin in their official capacities,
which effectively is another way to bring a claim against the municipality they work for:
Stamford. Davis v. Stratton, 360 F. App'x 182, 183 (2d Cir. 2010) (summary order).
Because Plaintiff has not alleged facts sufficient to state a claim for municipal liability, he
cannot state a factual basis for a claim against the individual defendants in their official
capacities. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s official capacity claims against Chief Doe and Assistant
Chief Conklin must be dismissed as not cognizable.
I. State Law Claims
This court can exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim if: (1) there
is a claim arising under the federal constitution or federal laws; (2) the relationship
between the federal claim and the state claim permits the conclusion that the entire action
comprises one constitutional case; (3) the federal claim has substance sufficient to confer
subject matter jurisdiction on this court; and (4) the state and federal claims derive from
a common nucleus of operative fact. Miller v. Lovett, 879 F.2d 1066, 1071 (2d Cir. 1989),
abrogated on other grounds. Because Plaintiff asserts state law claims that derive from
the same factual predicate as his plausible Fourth Amendment claims, the court may
exercise supplemental jurisdiction over those state law claims that are plausible and that
do not raise a novel and complex issue of state law. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(1) (“The
district courts may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a claim” that “raises
a novel or complex issue of State Law. . . .”).
1. Assault and Battery
In Connecticut, a civil assault is defined as “the intentional causing of imminent
apprehension of harmful or offensive contact with another.” German v. Dzurenda, No.
3:09-cv-1316 (SRU), 2011 WL 1214435, at *22 (D. Conn. Mar. 28, 2011) (quoting Dewitt
v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co., 5 Conn.App. 590, 594 (1985)). “[A]n actor is subject
to liability to another for battery if (a) he acts intending to cause a harmful or offensive
contact with the person of the other or a third person, or an imminent apprehension of
such a contact, and (b) a harmful contact with the person of the other directly or indirectly
results.” Id. (quoting Alteiri v. Colasso, 168 Conn. 329, 334, n.3 (1975)).
For purposes of this initial review, Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to raise an
inference that he was subjected to assault and battery by Defendant Alvarez.
Accordingly, the court will permit Plaintiff to proceed on this claim.
2. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Under Connecticut law, four elements must be established to prevail on a claim for
intentional infliction of emotional distress: “(1) that the actor intended to inflict emotional
distress or that he knew or should have known that emotional distress was the likely result
of his conduct; (2) that the conduct was extreme and outrageous; (3) that the defendant's
conduct was the cause of the plaintiff's distress; and (4) that the emotional distress
sustained by the plaintiff was severe.” Appleton v. Bd. of Educ. of Town of Stonington,
254 Conn. 205, 210 (2000) (quoting Petyan v. Ellis, 200 Conn. 243, 253, 510 A.2d 1337
(1986)).
For initial pleading purposes, Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to permit him to
proceed on his intentional infliction of emotional distress claims against the Officer
Defendants, the Sergeant Defendants, and the Lieutenant Defendants.
3. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
“To prevail on a claim of negligent infliction of distress, the plaintiff is required to
prove that ‘(1) the defendant's conduct created an unreasonable risk of causing the
plaintiff emotional distress; (2) the plaintiff's distress was foreseeable; (3) the emotional
distress was severe enough that it might result in illness or bodily harm; and (4) the
defendant's conduct was the cause of the plaintiff's distress.’” Hall v. Bergman, 296 Conn.
169, 182 n.8 (2010) (quoting Carrol v. Allstate Ins. Co., 262 Conn. 433, 444 (2003)).
For initial pleading purposes, Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to permit him to
proceed on his negligent infliction of emotional distress claims against the Officer
Defendants, the Sergeant Defendants, and the Lieutenant Defendants.
4. Negligence Against City of Stamford
Plaintiff claims that the City of Stamford is liable for the negligent conduct of the
Lieutenant, Sergeant and Officer Defendants under Connecticut General Statutes § 52-
557n. Considine v. City of Waterbury, 279 Conn. 830, 836 (2006). The statute provides
that a municipality “shall be liable for damages to person or property caused by . . . [t]he
negligent acts or omissions of such political subdivision or any employee, officer or agent
thereof acting within the scope of his employment or official duties . . . .” Conn. Gen. Stat.
§ 52–557n(a)(1). The statute further provides that a municipality “shall not be liable for
damages to person or property caused by: (A) [a]cts or omissions of any employee, officer
or agent which constitute criminal conduct, fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct; or
(B) negligent acts or omissions which require the exercise of judgment or discretion as
an official function of the authority expressly or impliedly granted by law.” Conn. Gen.
Stat. § 52–557n(a)(2).
For purposes of initial review, Plaintiff has alleged facts sufficient to permit him to
proceed on his negligence claim against the City of Stamford.
III. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, the court enters the following orders:
(1) The case shall proceed on the following claims for damages:
(a) Fourth Amendment excessive force against Lieutenants Baker and
O’Brien; Sergeants Phillips, Cooper, Malanga, Alvarez, and Rosa; and
Officers Pennoyer, Derisne, Romano, Lavigne, Cooper, Rosado,
Montanaro, Linnehan, Spinosa, Califano and Kane in their individual
capacities;
(b) Fourteenth Amendment deliberate indifference against Lieutenants
Baker and O’Brien; Sergeants Phillips, Cooper, Malanga, Alvarez, and
Rosa; and Officers Pennoyer, Derisne, Romano, Lavigne, Cooper, Rosado,
Montanaro, Linnehan, Spinosa, Califano and Kane in their individual
capacities;
(c) Conspiracy to violate federal laws under 48 U.S.C. § 1983 against
Lieutenants Baker and O’Brien; Sergeants Phillips, Cooper, Malanga,
Alvarez, and Rosa; and Officers Pennoyer, Derisne, Romano, Lavigne,
Cooper, Rosado, Montanaro, Linnehan, Spinosa, Califano and Kane in their
individual capacities;
(d) First Amendment retaliation claim against the Officer Defendants, the
Sergeant Defendants, and the Lieutenant Defendants in their individual
capacities;
(e) State law claims of assault and battery against Sergeant Alvarez in his
individual capacity;
(f) State law intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress against
Lieutenants Baker and O’Brien; Sergeants Phillips, Cooper, Malanga,
Alvarez, and Rosa; and Officers Pennoyer, Derisne, Romano, Lavigne,
Cooper, Rosado, Montanaro, Linnehan, Spinosa, Califano and Kane in their
individual capacities; and
(g) Negligence under Connecticut General Statutes § 52-577n against the
City of Stamford.
All other claims, including official capacity claims, are DISMISSED. Defendants Chief
Doe, Assistant Chief Conklin and Doe 2 are DISMISSED from this case.
(2) Within twenty-one (21) days from the date of this Order, the Clerk of Court
shall please mail a waiver of service of process request packet containing the amended
complaint, docketed at ECF No. 10 and this order to Lieutenant Baker, Lieutenant
O’Brien, Sergeant Phillips, Sergeant Cooper, Sergeant Malanga, Sergeant Alvarez,
Sergeant Rosa, Officer Pennoyer, Officer Derisne, Officer Romano, Officer Lavigne,
Officer Cooper, Officer Rosado, Officer Montanaro, Officer Linnehan, Officer Spinosa,
Officer Califano and Officer Kane at the Stamford Police Department, 805 Bedford Street,
Stamford, CT 06901.
The Clerk of Court shall please report to the court on the status of the waiver
requests on the thirty-fifth (35) day after mailing. If any Defendant fails to return the
waiver request, the Clerk of Court shall please arrange for their in-person service by the
U.S. Marshals Service, and any such defendant shall be required to pay the costs of such
service in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d).
(3) The Clerk of Court shall please send a courtesy copy of the complaint and this
Order to the City of Stamford, Corporation Counsel, 888 Washington Boulevard, 9th Floor,
Stamford, CT 06901.
(4) The defendants shall file their response to the amended complaint, either an
answer or motion to dismiss, within sixty (60) days from the date the notice of lawsuit
and waiver of service of summons forms are mailed to them. If the defendants choose to
file an answer, they shall admit or deny the allegations and respond to the claims recited
above. The defendants may also include any and all additional defenses permitted by
the Federal Rules.
(5) Discovery, according to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26-37, shall be
completed within six months (180 days) from the date of this Order. Discovery requests
need not be filed with the court.
(6) The parties must comply with the District of Connecticut “Standing Order Re:
Initial Discovery Disclosures,” which will be sent to both parties by the court. The Order
also can be found at http://ctd.uscourts.gov/administrative-standing-orders.
(7) All motions for summary judgment shall be filed within seven months (210
days) from the date of this Order.
(8) According to Local Civil Rule 7(a), a nonmoving party must respond to a
dispositive motion within twenty-one (21) days of the date the motion was filed. If no
response is filed, or the response is not timely, the dispositive motion can be granted
absent objection.
(9) If Plaintiff changes his address at any time during the litigation of this case,
Local Court Rule 83.1(c)2 provides that he MUST notify the court. Failure to do so can
result in the dismissal of the case. The plaintiff must give notice of a new address even
if he is incarcerated. He should write “PLEASE NOTE MY NEW ADDRESS” on the
notice. It is not enough to just put the new address on a letter without indicating that it is
a new address. If the plaintiff has more than one pending case, he should indicate all of
the case numbers in the notification of change of address. He should also notify the
defendants or defense counsel of his new address.
IT IS SO ORDERED at Hartford, Connecticut, this 23rd day of July, 2025.
/s/ ________
OMAR A. WILLIAMS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE