Lehman v. Discovery Communications, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

This case arises out of claims by Martin A. Lehman (“Lehman” or the “plaintiff’) that the Learning Channel (“Learning Channel” or a “defendant”), Discovery Communications, Inc. (“Discovery” or a “defendant”), Assistant District Attorney Barbara Kornblau (“Kornblau” or a “defendant”), and the County of Nassau (“Nassau County” or a defendant) (collectively, the “defendants”) made libelous or slanderous statements in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1337 and deprived him of his “good name and reputation” in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section…