Legal Opinion
Jocks v. Tavernier
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 8, 2003No. Docket Nos. 00-7943, 00-7965, 00-7735, 00-7737, 00-7743PublishedCited by 389 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M.WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Thomas Jocks brought false arrest and malicious prosecution claims under state law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Officer Augusto Tavernier and Detective Michael Oggeri. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Sr., District Judge) dismissed the claims against Og-geri and, after a jury trial, awarded judgment on both claims against Tavernier for a total of more than $600,000 in damages. Tavernier appeals the judgment against him, and Jocks appeals the dismissal of his claims against Oggeri. Tavernier also…
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