House v. City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ANTHONY HOUSE, Plaintiff, 18 Civ. 6693 (PAE) (KNF) -v- OPINION & ORDER CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: This case involves claims under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

by a pretrial detainee that his jailers violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment when they failed to protect him against a December 2017 assault. Plaintiff Anthony House brings § 1983 claims against the City of New York and New York City Department of Correction (“DOC” and, together, the “City”) and Correction Officer Romel…