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The Plaintiff, Axel Rentas, was an inmate at Rikers when he alleged that officers used excessive force against him and then fabricated evidence that resulted in a prosecution and prolonged detention. In 2007, Rentas was serving a misdemeanor sentence and was scheduled to be released weeks before he was forcibly moved from one cell to another. A dispute ensued. Although what happens next is disputed, it is clear that the Plaintiff suffered significant injury at the hands of th

The case is about the licensing of a hip-hop beat that was utilized by Defendant Curtis Jackson, also known as "50 Cent." Defendant Curtis Jackson, allegedly, used the Plaintiff's beat in his 2007 single "I get Money." The Plaintiff sued and the District Court (E.D.N.Y.) dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds of untimeliness. The Copyright Act provides for a three-year statute of limitation. The Plaintiff waited beyond that time period to file suit and the District Court said t

Petitioner, Lisa Tann, appeals the district court determination denying her petition for custody. "Tann, a citizen of the United Kingdom who resides in Northern Ireland, alleged that Respondent George Bennett wrongfully abducted their son, J.D., to the United States." Pp. 3. During the pendency of this appeal, the Family Court of New York State, Orleans County, granted full custody to George Bennett. The Bennett's now move to dismiss the claim as moot. The Court dismisses the

Courts require standing, a case or controversy, under Article III before a Court will even touch a First Amendment issue. Here, Keepers, Inc. markets itself in providing services to the consenting adult public. At one point a cabaret club, Keepers, Inc. is an adult-oriented establishment who is challenging a regulation on First Amendment grounds (for the purpose of this article). Both the District Court and the Second Circuit did not reach the issue. Why - Standing. The Seco

Gomez was a former NYC Police Officer who filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York alleging that, after he was attacked, NYPD officers arrested Gomez, detained him for five days and denied him access to medical care for his three broken ribs. Although the charges against Gomez were dismissed, the NYPD held an administrative hearing and fired Gomez based on the same incident. Less than a month after filing Gomez's amended complaint, the attorney Gomez hired signe

Plaintiff Shamir was part of the Occupy Wall Street Protests. He engaged in sleepful protest: one where he intended on sleeping parallel to the curb of Centre Street in NYC. At some point he was told to move it along by the NYPD. As he did, he went up to the police and called one a thug and "may have yelled" at the officer. In return, Shamir was handcuffed with zip-tie plastic cuffs. Because "Shamir was arraigned more than 24 hours after his arrest on a charge of unlawful cam

Facts: Dr. Leonard Morse was a dentist who had a successful practice in Brooklyn, that was until the Defendants alleged he was committing fraud. Defendants here are John Fusto, a former prosecutor with the New York State Attorney Generalʹs Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and Jose Castillo, a former audit‐investigator with the Unit. "The defendants suspected that Morse, a dentist with a practice in Brooklyn, New York, was perpetrating Medicaid fraud by submitting false bil

Two inmates bring suit, complaining they were groped around the genitalia for the personal gratification of a corrections office. The District Court, reviewing the facts and applying the prevailing 8th Amendment Standard, dismissed the complaint. Specifically, the Plaintiff alleged that Corrections Officer (CO) Simon Prindle sexually abused him and subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment. The standard in these cases (8th Amendment) is set down by Boddie v. Schnieder, 10

"Defendants Javier Velez and James Lukeson, officers in the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), and defendant Gary Calhoun, an NYPD sergeant, appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York following a jury trial before Jack B. Weinstein, Judge, ordering Velez and Lukeson each to pay plaintiff Leroy Davis $180,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, and ordering Calhoun to pay Davis $200,000 in compensatory and p

Plaintiff appeals from a dismissal (Rule 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6)) - the Second Circuit holds that "an affidavit attached as an exhibit to a complaint is not a 'written instrument' that is deemed part of the complaint pursuant to Rule 10(c)": Smith suffered from a series of medical problems before he started to work for the University of Connecticut. Smith may have been suffering from one of his ailments when he left working the food line at the university. The University termin