Legal Opinion
Zapata v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 20, 2007No. Docket 06-1059-cvPublishedCited by 289 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Andie Zapata sues the City of New York and a corrections officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he was assaulted at the Rikers Island correctional facility by one Officer Moran. He appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Brieant, J.) insofar as it dismissed Zapata’s claim against Officer Moran for failure to effect timely service under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) without granting a discretionary extension. Zapata argues that this was an abuse of discretion (notwithstanding his failure to show…
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