Legal Opinion
Cappello v. New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 19, 2000No. 00 CV. 4072(CM)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING STATE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT
MCMAHON, District Judge.
Background
Plaintiff, Eugene Cappello (“Cappello”), is a party to an ongoing matrimonial action that is pending in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, New York. (Compl. ¶ 19; see also, letter from A.A.G. Carolyn Cairns Olsen to Hon. Denny Chin of July 25, 2000.) Defendant, Hon. Joan B. Lef-kowitz, has from time to time presided over the divorce proceedings.
On January 26, 1999, Plaintiff entered into a stipulation obligating him to make two payments of $37,500 each to his wife: the…
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