Gibson v. Heary

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DANA GIBSON, Plaintiff, DECISION AND ORDER v. 17-CV-272S NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (“DOCCS”), Defendant. I. INTRODUCTION Before this Court is Plaintiff Dana Gibson’s motion to find Defendant DOCCS in contempt of this Court’s order incorporating the terms of the settlement agreement between them. Gibson also seeks sanctions against DOCCS for its alleged violation of the settlement order. Because this Court finds that Gibson has not met the stringent standard for a finding of contempt, and because…