Second Circuit: Qualified Immunity Denied as District Court record not sufficient to justify Child P
The show of authority by Child Protective Services is daunting. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Child Protective...
Claim against Rikers Island Guards allowed to Proceed: Plaintiff alleges that Rikers Island Guards B
The Plaintiff, Axel Rentas, was an inmate at Rikers when he alleged that officers used excessive force against him and then fabricated...
2nd Circuit: Lawsuit against 50-Cent Timebarred
The case is about the licensing of a hip-hop beat that was utilized by Defendant Curtis Jackson, also known as "50 Cent." Defendant...
Second Circuit not barred by State Custody Decision
Petitioner, Lisa Tann, appeals the district court determination denying her petition for custody. "Tann, a citizen of the United Kingdom...
Adult-Oriented Establishment fails to Assert Standing for First Amendment Challenge
Courts require standing, a case or controversy, under Article III before a Court will even touch a First Amendment issue. Here, Keepers,...
Second Circuit: Plaintiff was Denied Hearing Contesting Attorney-Dismissal of his Lawsuit against Ne
Gomez was a former NYC Police Officer who filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York alleging that, after he was attacked,...
Improper Pleading Results in Appeal; Occupy Wall Street Case Remanded for Excessive Force Claim
Plaintiff Shamir was part of the Occupy Wall Street Protests. He engaged in sleepful protest: one where he intended on sleeping parallel...
Immunity denied for Prosecutors - Jury Verdict Upheld
Facts: Dr. Leonard Morse was a dentist who had a successful practice in Brooklyn, that was until the Defendants alleged he was committing...
Groping/Fondling of Inmate Constitutes 8th Amendment Violation
Two inmates bring suit, complaining they were groped around the genitalia for the personal gratification of a corrections office. The...
Jury didn't buy NYPD Story at trial; Second Circuit Affirms Jury Award for False Arrest, Malicio
"Defendants Javier Velez and James Lukeson, officers in the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), and defendant Gary Calhoun, an NYPD...
