The Meriden Police Department was dealt a legal blow this week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied its appeal of a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling that a jury erred in clearing officers who used a stun gun on a man during a drug sting.

In its 3-0 ruling Thursday, Judges Guido Calabresi, Amalya Kearse and Debra Ann Livingston said they were dismissing the appeal by Meriden Officers Kenneth Egan and John Slezak and four other officers for a lack of jurisdiction.