Williams v. County of Sullivan

MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

I

This case presents the question of what discovery, if any, is appropriate at the initial stages of a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prior to submission of a motion for summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity asserted by the defendants.1

The underlying action in this case brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1986, and 1988 involves alleged improper arrest and other civil lights and constitutional violations and pendent state claims, arising from failure to verify the identity the plaintiff at the time of his arrest and…