Case Name: Catherine SANTOSSIO and Glenn Prentice, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Robert Studivant, Arthur Carter, Thomas Sweeney, and Hector Torres, Defendants-Appellees, Pablo Otero, Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-06-21
Citations: 186 F. App'x 130
Docket Number: No. 04-5778-CV
Parties: Catherine SANTOSSIO and Glenn Prentice, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Robert Studivant, Arthur Carter, Thomas Sweeney, and Hector Torres, Defendants-Appellees, Pablo Otero, Defendant.
Judges: Present THOMAS J. MESKILL, JOSÉ A. CABRANES and PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 186
Pages: 130–131

Head Matter:
Catherine SANTOSSIO and Glenn Prentice, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Robert Studivant, Arthur Carter, Thomas Sweeney, and Hector Torres, Defendants-Appellees, Pablo Otero, Defendant.
No. 04-5778-CV.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
June 21, 2006.
Susan King Shaw, King and Shaw, LLC, New Haven, CT, for Appellants.
John R. Mitola, Associate City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, Bridgeport, CT, for Appellees.
Present THOMAS J. MESKILL, JOSÉ A. CABRANES and PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of said District Court be and hereby is AFFIRMED.
Plaintiffs-Appellants Catherine Santossio and Glenn Prentice appeal from a judgment of the District Court dated September 30, 2004 that (1) granted summary judgment to defendants on Count One and Count Two of plaintiffs' four-count complaint and (2) dismissed the state law claims of Count Three and Count Four without prejudice to refile in state court upon the District Court's decision not to exercise supplemental jurisdiction when no federal claims remained. See Santossio v. City of Bridgeport, No. 3:01CV1460, 2004 WL 2381559 (D.Conn. Sept. 28, 2004).
We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history.
Santossio filed this action against the City of Bridgeport and five city employees on August 3, 2001 alleging that defendant Pablo Otero sexually assaulted her, among other maltreatment, and that the City's response was inadequate. She, along with plaintiff Glenn Prentice, alleged in addition that the defendants retaliated against them after Santossio complained about Otero's actions and Prentice testified against Otero at a city administrative proceeding.
Substantially for the reasons stated in the thoughtful and comprehensive opinion of the District Court, we conclude that summary judgment for the moving defendants (all defendants except for Otero) was appropriate for Count One and Count Two of plaintiffs' complaint (which stated federal claims under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. § 1983) and that the District Court did not err in declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims (which were complaints of Santossio against Otero only).
We have carefully considered all of plaintiffs' arguments and find them without merit. The judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED.