Foy v. The City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Laketa Foy, 1:17-CV-0406 Plaintiff, – against – Not for Publication The City of New York, et al., Defendants. Opinion & Order ROSS, United States District Judge: The plaintiff in this case was arrested and prosecuted for allegedly blocking traffic on a side street in Queens, New York. Specifically, the plaintiff, a pedestrian, stopped to give directions to a motorist, whose stationary vehicle may have then temporarily impeded the progress of a police car. This unremarkable scenario soon escalated into a custodial arrest, the claimed…