Hirsch v. Rochester City Police Department

SUMMARY ORDER

Appellant Nicholas Hirsch, proceeding pro se, appeals from the District Court’s judgment dismissing his lawsuit sua sponte and imposing a leave-to-file sanction. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.

We review a district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a complaint de novo. Sykes v. Bank of Am., 723 F.3d 399, 403 (2d. Cir.2013). Pro se submissions are generally reviewed with “special solicitude,” and we interpret those submissions to raise the strongest claims suggested. Triestman v. Fed. Bureau…