Legal Opinion
Adkins v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 15, 2015No. 14-cv-7519 (JSR)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
Like hundreds of other Occupy Wall Street protesters, plaintiff Justin Adkins was arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1, 2011. Unlike the other protesters, Adkins, following his arrest, was handcuffed to a wall for seven hours. Plaintiff alleges he was treated differently because he is transgender. He brought the present suit against the City of New York, former mayor Michael Bloomberg, and various other officials, claiming (1) deprivation of federal civil rights in violation of § 1983, based on defendants’ harassment and mistreatment of…
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