A federal judge has dismissed a prison inmate’s lawsuit claiming a Connecticut attorney defamed him by questioning him during a deposition about whether he had ever sexually assaulted another prisoner.

The inmate, Kenya Brown, 39, is currently serving a 20-year sentence for a robbery conviction. In May, Brown sued Shipman & Goodwin and one of the firm’s partners, Robert Simpson, in U.S. District Court.

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