Harrington v. County of Suffolk

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

The question presented is whether citizens of Suffolk County, New York, have a property interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in adequate police investigations. Plaintiffs-appellants Thomas and Ann Marie Harrington (“plaintiffs”) appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Leonard D. Wexler, Judge) dated August 18, 2009 dismissing their complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Plaintiffs claimed that defendants-appellees (“defendants”) had violated their constitutional…