Deferio v. City of Syracuse

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

Lawrence E. Kahn, United States District Judge --

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff James Deferio (“Plaintiff’) commenced this action against the City of Syracuse and three of its police department personnel1 (collectively, “Defendants”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his First Amendment right to demonstrate at the annual Central New York Pride Week (“CNY Pride”) in Syracuse, New York. Dkt. No. 1 (“Complaint”). Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that in both 2014 and 2015, on the day of the Pride Parade and Festival, he was barred by Defendants from…