No. 23-1165

NATALE COSENZA, Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

CITY OF WORCESTER, MA, Defendant, Appellee,

KERRY HAZELHURST; JOHN DOHERTY; T.J. COAKLEY; MARK RICHARDSON; ALLAN BURNES; DANIEL BENEDICT; BRIAN DONOHUE; ROBERT TURGEON; AS YET UNKNOWN WORCESTER POLICE OFFICERS; DAVID GRADY; DARLENE ROCHEFORD,

Defendants.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Timothy S. Hillman, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Gelpí, Lynch, and Montecalvo, Circuit Judges.

Steve Art, with whom Jon Loevy, Locke Bowman, Megan Pierce, and Loevy & Loevy were on brief, for appellant. Douglas T. Radigan, with whom Brian J. Edmonds, and Bowditch & Dewey, LLP were on brief, for appellee. October 28, 2024 LYNCH, Circuit Judge. Natale Cosenza was convicted in 2002 by a jury in Massachusetts state court of the assault and battery with a danger